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"Why do you risk your life for us?" she asked suddenly

"Adventure is e and unfa, then; only comradeship and the masculine sense of

responsibility Her heart was like lead

"It is very kind and brave of you, Mr Bruce; but I will not have it"

"Have what?" he asked, knowing full hat sheback with us Why should you risk your life for people who

are alhed softly "Has it never occurred to you that

the people we groith are never really our friends; that real

friendship comes only with maturity of the mind? Why, the bestchap Iof people that ers, of bread, in the wilderness; of getting a glimpse

of the soul which lies beneath the conventions of the social pact

Would you call er?"

"Oh, no!" she cried swiftly "It is merely that I do not want you to

risk your life any further for us Is there no way I can dissuade you?"

"None that I can think of I a back with you That's settled

Now let us talk of soo?"

"Ah, that isn't fair," looking out to sea again and following the