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It was not only Bascoe who was giving Jimmy a good deal of food for thought at that particular moment. He was puzzled and just a little irritated by the strange behaviour of Nita Keene. He had contrived to see a good deal of her during the last few days, and in the course of four and twenty hours she seemed to have changed in the most remarkable manner. One moment she was her bright amusing self and the next almost on the verge or tears--a sort of semi-hysteria that was quite foreign to her nature. There was nothing of the neurotic about a girl who had deliberately run away from home and assumed the role of a parlourmaid in order to get away from her father, whose ambition it was to marry her to one of his shady business friends. As a rule, Nita had herself perfectly well in hand, but now she seemed to be almost on the verge of a break-down.
"What on earth is the mater with you?" Jimmy asked.