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Mr S to be friendly,

was just saying that he proposed to keep the ship away from home for at

least two years "I think, sir, that from every point of vieould

be best," when Flora came back and the conversation, cut short in that

direction, languished and died Later in the evening, after Anthony had

been gone for hours, on the point of separating for the night, Mr S period of brooding:

"A will is nothing One tears it up Onefor a minute he added unemotionally: "One tells lies about it"

Flora, patient, steeled against every hurt and every disgust to the point

of wondering at herself, said: "You push your dislike of--of--Roderick

too far, papa You have no regard for me You hurther sometimes by the

contrast of his placidity and his words, turned away from her a pair of

faded eyes

"I wonder how far your dislike goes," he began "His very name sticks in

your throat I've noticed it It hurts ht remember that you are not the only person that's hurt by your

folly, by your hastiness, by your recklessness" He brought back his