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De Barral was out and, for a ti led away almost

before he had taken possession of the free world, by his daughter Flora

controlled herself well They walked along quickly for some distance

The cab had been left round the corner--round several corners for all I

know He was flustered, out of breath, when she helped hi towards that

recovered presence with her heart too full for words she felt the desire

of tears she had ed to keep down abandon her suddenly, her

half-mournful, half-triumphant exultation subside, every fibre of her

body, relaxed in tenderness, go stiff in the close look she took at his

face He was different There was so hard and ih walls

How old he was, how unlike!

She shook off this ihtened by it of course And

remorseful too Naturally She threw her ar aardly, as if not in perfect control of his ar and uncertain pressure She hid her face on his breast

It was as though she were pressing it against a stone They released

each other and presently the cab was rolling along at a jog-trot to the

docks with those two people as far apart as they could get froiven up to mutual examination he uttered his first