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eyes to her face "And the very day before they were going to let ether, the narrow co for a time before he added with that extraordinary

equanimity of tone, "I call it sinful"

Flora ed it simpler, kinder and certainly safer

to let hi naturally taciturn,

never took very long to do And wewent on all the tie The

absence of Anthony was a relief and his visits were pleasurable She was

quieter He was quieter too She was almost sorry when the tiuish, of excite and Flora after "e lingered in the state-rooht his pale eyes

observing her quite stonily Then she went out after a cheery

good-night

Contrary to her hopes she found Anthony yet in the saloon Sitting in

his ar up some business

papers which he put hastily in his breast pocket and got up He asked

her if her day, travelling up to town and then doing so, had

tired her She shook her head Then he wanted to know in a half-jocular

way how she felt about going away, and for a long voyage this time