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"Yes," he said, looking at her with a faint smile "I think you will be

pleased And I----"

He paused

"Well?" she asked

"If the prophecy co back at the

old days, and sighing for the Buildings, for that sunny roo on the hob, and----Has Dick coleford?"

Nell nodded

"And the man? Has he been committed for trial?"

"Yes," she replied "But I don't want to speak of that--it isn't good

for you"

He was silent a ot a kind of sneaking pity for the man He wanted

the diamonds badly--he needed them more than the countess did What

would it have ot off with them? And he risked

his liberty and his life for the he wants"

Nell tried to laugh

"I have never listened to a o to sleep again But I understand," she added, as if

she were compelled to do so