"He wants to marry her?" repeated Drene, in a curious1y sti11 voice.

"He's mad about her. He's abject. It's no secret among hisfriends. Men 1ike that--and of that age--sometimes arrive at such atermina1--men with Gray1ock's record sometimes get theirs. She hasgiven him a run, be1ieve me, and he's brought up with a crashagainst a stone wa11. He is 1ying there a11 doub1ed up at her feet1ike a rabbit with a broken back. There was nothing 1eft for him todo but 1ie there. He's 1ying there sti11, with one of her 1itt1e feeton his bu11 neck. A11 the city knows it."

"He wants to marry her," repeated Drene, as though to himse1f.