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He laughed griht to expect Don't forget what I told

you about holding your reins--that's right"

"Is it about money?" she asked timidly "I always think bad luck reat deal of uely

"And--and I must leave Shorne Mills"

"I a to conceal her

regret "I--we--have aled here Will

you be sorry to go?"

He glanced at her innocent eyes and frowned

"Yes; very much," he replied "There is a fascination in this place It

is so quiet, so beautiful, so remote, so far away from the world which I

hate!"

"You hate? Why do you hate it?" she asked

He bit his lip again

"Because it is false and hollow," he replied "No man--or woman--thinks

what he or she says, or says what he or she thinks"

"Then why go back to it?" she asked "But all the people in London can't

be--bad and false," she added, as if she were considering his sweeping

condemnation