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He did not kiss her that night when she and Belle went together up the

stairs But he stared after her gloomily, with hurt and bewilderment in

his eyes

He did not understand He never would She had coentleness and tenderness, ready to find in his she needed so

badly But out of his obstinacy and hurt he had hiht Sara Lee dreamed that she was back in the little house of

mercy Rene was there; and Henri; and Jean, with the patch over his eye

They aiting for the men to come, and the narrow hall was full of

the odor of Marie's soup Then she heard the of

many feet on the road She went to the door, with Henri beside her, and

watched the up the road, a deeper shadow in the blackness--tired

to her little house with its

firelight and its wararette showed a white but s face They stopped before the door,

and the warhts and its food and

cheer, took them in