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But she did not appear to care to be helped. Nor did Allan -- he rarely came to the house, and he went to Edith's not at all. He was even absent from her Christmas tree for the children, a jolly little festivity which neither he nor Deborah had missed in years.
"What has got into him? " Roger asked. And shortly after Christmas he called the fellow up on the phone. "Drop in for dinner tonight," he urged. And he added distinctly, "I'm alone."