THE SUBMARINE ZONE
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once their voices were raised. The flushed girl
exclaimed, as if she had been struck. The husband laughed with an embarrassed indifference.
"Then my letter didn't reach New York until after you had sailed. They are sending me back to the front. Of course I am well enough. It was good of them to give me leave to meet you—"
He paused, glancing at her curiously. At first she didn't answer. She turned with a gesture of despair. She walked spiritlessly away.