less, of course, he can't get anybody else. I wouldn't leave a friend in a hole. Responsible men are hard to find. Of course if he can't get anybody else I'll have to take the job. I suppose I will have to finally."
"I thought so," murmured Helen.
After that Hubert rarely came home at night. What was the use of going home for a few hours' sleep and then rushing back to Lillian? Of course if Helen didn't believe his stories then he'd have to go home, because he was a fellow who hated trouble. But Helen believed him. She accepted his stories contentedly and without question.
"In fact," as he told Lillian, "she, not meaning to, gave me the greatest idea. She said that if I was to take the job with Steve Flynn I'd see a lot of him and have to stay away a lot taking care of him. So of course I told her the next day that I took the job with him. It explains everything and, boy, my actions need some explaining. If she ever gets on to it, she'll brain me."
"Well, you're being careful, ain't you?"
"Sure. I told her that owing to the job being vacant a month that a lot of work has piled up and I work night and day on it besides having to cope with Steve Flynn's drunkenness."
"Suppose she ever meets Flynn?"
"She wouldn't speak to him if she did. You don't know Helen. High hat and cold, that's her. If a person doesn't play bridge, speak French, and just adore antiques they're out with her."
"But she might meet him and speak to him."
"She wouldn't, honest, Lil; you don't know Helen.
