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"No," she said, with a sigh "No; but you went back to her Oh, I do not

bla wife----"

He uttered an exclaain

"No, no," he said, alain

"I saw you--and her," she said, as if that were conclusive

"I know it," he said "You saw her coreet me as

if--Heaven! I can scarcely bear to speak of it, to recall it!--as if she

were betrothed to me You saw her kiss me But, Nell--ah! my dearest,

listen to me, believe me!"--for she turned away froony, the reht on the terrace "You must believe me! The kiss was hers, not

mine I would rather have died than ht"

Nell's heart began to throb, and soreat and deep for words--began to steal over her

"I am a fool, and weak, but, as Heaven is ht All ht of

her, her presence, was painful toof you, was in search of you And her kiss! If the lips had

been those of one of the statues on the terrace, it could not have moved