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And so they went out to getno suspicion of anything of the sort They were only

excited at a "gentle on Miss

Smith for the first time since she had come to live in the house When

she returned, for she did co She had to take her ar people

The woenteel person, tried even to provoke

confidences Flora's white face with the deep blue eyes did not strike

their hearts as it did the heart of Captain Anthony, as the very face of

the suffering world Her pained reserve had no power to awe theht have been expected After

leaving the Registry Office Flora de Barral and Roderick Anthony had gone

for a walk in a park It must have been an East-End park but I am not

sure Anyway that's what they did It was a sunny day He said to her:

"Everything I have in the world belongs to you I have seen to that

without troubling my brother-in-law They have no call to interfere"