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"The countess," replied Burden, still reluctantly

He nodded

"I must have that key, Fan Yes, yes! Reet that key and put it in the corner of the sill

where I was standing to-night"

"No, no!" she panted His arm loosened, and he looked down at her

coldly

"You irl, we

these diamonds, with or without your help You can't prevent

us, for I don't suppose you'd be low enough to split and send me to

penal servitude----"

"Ted! Ted!" she wailed, and put her arms round him

He smiled to himself over her bowed head

"What's the best tiative

"No," she whispered, setting her teeth, as if every ere dragged

fro the countess' things

away; afterward--while they are in the drawing-rooerly

"There! You've gotchalk! I should