CHAPTER XXXV

The first distressing symptom of true love is distrust, for jealousy is a mixture of suspicion and of humility. That was what ailed Dimny when she appeared at the C. R. B. in great anxiety and assailed Skelton with a new problem: “I’m worried because Noll isn’t back. Won’t you please telegraph and ask if he’s safe?” “Oh, the Germans won’t harm him,” lied Skelton. “There are other dangers than Germans,” said Dimny, but did not explain that she was thinking of those English girls Noll had taken to Holland. Skelton di…