"I imagine he was
fairly himself next day."
"Well, I've heard too much about it. Medora came up here and----"
"Need we go into that?"
"There were plenty more to help," Foster went on doggedly. "One dear
creature, who was old enough to be more cautious, spilt water down the
whole front of her dress----"
"I expect," said Randolph, "that the poor chap has been overworked; or
careless about his meals; or worried in his classes--for he may not be
fully settled in his new place; or some emotional strain may have set
itself up----"
"I vote for the emotional strain," said Foster bluntly.
"A guess in the dark," commented Randolph, and paused. He himself knew
little enough of Cope as a complex. He had met him but a few times, and
could not associate him with his unknown background. He knew next to
nothing of Cope's family, his connections, his intimates, his early
associations and experiences. Nor had he greatly bestirred himself to
learn. He had done little more than go to a library in the city and turn
over the leaves of the Freeford directory. This publication, like most of
those dealing with the smaller cities, gave separately the names of all the
members of a family; and repetitions of the same address helped toward the
arrangement of these individuals (disposed alphabetically) into family
groups.
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