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"Why, Cleone, his voice suddenly

tender, "Cle,her confusion, and because of it, Barnabas turned

away and walked to the other end of the kitchen, and there it

chanced that he spied two objects that lay beneath the table, and

stooping, forthwith, he picked theh in the a scrap of crumpled paper,

and a handsoazed upon this

last, he s slipped the objects into his

pocket

"Coently, "what is wrong?"

"Nothing; indeed, nothing, my Lord"

"Ay, but there is See how red your eyes are; they quite spoil your

beauty--"

"Beauty!" she cried "Oh, my Lord; even you!"

"What? What have I said? You are beautiful you know, Cleain, and turned upon him with clenched hands

and dark eyes aflame "I hate it--oh, I hate it!" and with the

words she sta the door behind her

"Now, uponup his auburn locks, "of all the a, contradictory

creatures in the world, Bev! I've known Cleoodish time,

my dear fellow; but never saw her like this before, I wonder what

the deuce--"