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"Keep your hands so, please, ers loose"

And the next moment Celia winced and had to bite her lip to

prevent a cry The thin cord ound twice about her wrists,

drawn cruelly tight and then cunningly knotted For one second

Celia was thankful for her gloves; the next, retted that she wore theh

for her to free her hands now, even without them And upon that a

worse thing befell her

"I beg mademoiselle's pardon if I hurt her," said Adele

And she tied the girl's thuers To slacken the

knots she loves

ether She

began to feel that she was in master-hands She was sure of it the

next instant For Adele stood up, and, passing a cord round the

upper part of her arth to help her in wriggling her hands free she must be able

to raise her elbows With them trussed in the sth And all the tirew She made a movement of revolt, and at

once the cord was loosened

"Mlle Celie objects to h, to

Mme Dauvray "And I do not wonder"

Celia saw upon the old woman's foolish and excited face a look of

veritable consternation

"Are you afraid, Celie?" she asked