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"Charmian!" said I, "Charmian--I love you! and God forbid that I

should ever doubt you any h, she sank in my embrace, her arether But even then--while

I looked upon her beauty, while the contact of her lips thrilled

through me--even then, in any mind, I saw the o Indeed, it alht, for she dreiftly back, and

looked up at ard eyes

"Peter?" she whispered, "what is it--what is it?"

"Oh, Charain, "I love you--I

love you" And I kissed her appealing eyes, and stayed her

questioning lips with my kisses "I love you more than my

life--more than honor--ht you must leave me--"

"Leave you?--ah no, Peter--no--no, I am your wife--I must stay

with you--to suffer and share your troubles and dangers--it is

ether, now--anywhere

--anywhere, only let us be together--my--husband"

"Don't!" I cried, "don't! Do you think it is so easy to remain