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is absurd, uncalled for, to tell you this; undignified even," she was

al, "but it makes so much difference to rown very low and agitated The misery had

all disappeared from Brantain's face

"Then you do really care what I think, Miss Nathalie? May I call you

Miss Nathalie?" They turned into a long, diraceful plants They walked slowly to the very

end of it When they turned to retrace their steps Brantain's face was

radiant and hers was triu; and he sought her out in a

rare mo, "has sent me over to kiss you"

A quick blush suffused her face and round polished throat "I suppose

it's natural for a enerously on an occasion of this

kind He tells e to interrupt wholly that

pleasant intimacy which has existed between you andhim," with an insolent smile, "but he has sent

me here to kiss you"

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces,

sees the gaht and

tender with a sry for the kiss which they invited