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fell off--"

"Yes?" said I

"Your expression--your face looked--"

"Deested

"Yes," she answered

"Yes?" said I

So ent upon our way, nor paused until we had left the Daemon

and the dark woods behind us Then I looked from the beauty of

the sweet, pure earth to the beauty of her who stood beside lance rested upon the broken knuckles ofmy eyes, her own drooped, and a flush crept

into her cheeks, and, though of course she could not have seen

the Daemon, yet I think that she understood