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"My necessity is stern--it is Judea's necessity," she answered

"More sio! Certainly Judea's

fortunes have bettered with you andto her rescue

Co over Judea!"

She raised her veil to look at hiliht and an astonishment to him because of its

extraordinary loveliness, swept him out of the half-serious air into

which he had fallen He stopped and looked at her with pleased,

boyish, happy eyes

"Aurora!" he said softly "I see nohy day coradually Mankind

would die of excitement if the daere unveiled to the!"

She released the veil hurriedly, but before it fell he put out a hand,

caught it and tossed it back over her head

"Be consistent with your part," he said, still s "No man ever

saw day cancel her dawn and live"

It was pleasant, this sweet possession and corown boy he had become, since she had wakened to find herself in

his power thatin the hills! The harshness and inflexibility

had left his atmosphere entirely She was only afraid of him now

because he had refused to be dis," she said in a lowered tone "A conqueror and