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"She says queer things so way that you don't

notice at the ti about afterward"

"For instance?"

"Well, for instance, when I left her to-day, she put her ars were strong, she

said 'The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition

and prejudice s It is a sad spectacle to see the

weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth' Whither would

you soar?"

"I'hts I only half comprehend

her"

"I've heard she's partially demented," said Arobin

"She seems to me wonderfully sane," Edna replied

"I'reeable and unpleasant Why have you

introduced her at a moment when I desired to talk of you?"

"Oh! talk ofher hands beneath her

head; "but letelse while you do"

"I' you a little

kinder than usual; but so, as if

they were not here with me" She only looked at him and se with an arm extended across

her, while the other hand still rested upon her hair They continued

silently to look into each other's eyes When he leaned forward and

kissed her, she clasped his head, holding his lips to hers