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Dick nodded coo, Nell"

She hesitated a lanced at Falconer

reproachfully

"Yes, I will go," she said, alht, softly striking his

riding whip against his leg His horse's bridle was hitched over the

gate, and as he waited for Dick he thought of the tiate

He heard a step lighter than Dick's on the stairs behind hih the doorway, so that the

sliure and lovely face were set as in an aureole A

thrill ran through him, the color rose to his bronzed face, and he

stood motionless and speechless for a moment; then he raised his hat

"How is Mr Falconer?" he asked

He had not seen her since the night of the burglary, the night he had

held her in his arainst the aching longing of his heart

"He is better," she said