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"Oh, Peter!" she whispered, "oh, Peter!" and that was all, but,

lanced up Her eyes ide

and staring--not at me, but at that which lay between us--her

face was pallid; even her lips had lost their color, and she

clasped one hand upon her bosoown hidden as I remembered to have seen it once

before, but now it struck nificance

Wherefore I reached out and caught that hidden hand, and drew the

weapon froht

could play upon it She started, shivered violently, and covered

her eyes, while I, looking down at the pistol in ed

"He has kept his word!" she whispered; "he has kept his word!"

"Yes, Charmian--he has kept his word!"

"Oh, Peter!" she moaned, and stretched out her hands towards me,

yet she kept her face turned from that which lay across the path

between us, and her hands were shaking pitifully "Peter?" she

cried with a sudden break in her voice; but I went on wiping the

soot from the pistol-barrel with the end of my neckerchief