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"You! Is it you--Barnabas?" she whispered and thereafter sighed, a

long, quivering sigh "I--I've been hoping you would come!"

And now, as he looked at her, he saw that her cheeks were suffused,

all at once, with a war

"And--prayed!" she whispered

"Then, you expected me? You knew I should come?"

"Yes, Barnabas I--I hoped you would see my--letter to Ronald--that

hy I wrote it! And I prayed that you ht come--"

"Why?"

"Because I--oh, Barnabas, I' to--Chichester?"

"Yes, Barnabas"

"You don't--love him, do you?"

"Love him!" she repeated, "Oh, God!"

And Barnabas saw her shudder violently

"Yet you were going to him"

"To save my brother But now--God help me, I can't do it! Oh, it's

too hateful and--and I aht to have been at

Ashleydown an hour ago, but oh, I--I couldn't, it was too horrible--I

couldn't! So I caest way; I --for you, Barnabas, praying God that you

would come to me--"

"Because you--were afraid, my lady"

"Yes, Barnabas"

"And behold, I a the quiver