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His voice had sunk to a ain, and he drew a slow step

nearer to her

"Hoonderful you are, Charmian! I always loved your shoulders

and that round, white throat Loved? Worshipped theht--" He paused, and I felt, rather

than saw, that he was sht you would have

killed ! But I would not have

it different You have flouted, coquetted, scorned, and ht you would have

killed me--and I--would not have it otherwise, for surely you can

see that this of itself esture utterly at variance with his voice, so sudden,

fierce, and passionate was it, he sprang toward her with

outstretched arms But, quick as he, she eluded him, and, before

he could reach her, I stepped between them

"Sir," said I, "a ith you"

"Out ofone aside,

, loose

coat, but, with a dexterous twist, he had left it in h it was, enabled her to slip

through the door of that room which had once been Donald's, and,