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chin in his collar, his hands clasped behind his back, under his

coat-tails The fifth passage carried hi and disappeared aht he understood this action, that his inference was

perfectly logical; Killigrew, rather than strike the hter, had preferred to run away (I

know; for a long time I, too, believed Thoazed mournfully about the rooes It had been so pleasant, so

houn to love these unpretentious people as if

they had been his very own

Except that which had been expended on clothes, Tho till he found soet away, immediately, was thelay in his trunk, forgotten) "Your breakfast is ready, sir," announced the grave butler

So Thomas ate his chops and potatoes and toast and drank his tea, alone

And Killigrew, blinking tears, leaned against the stout branches of the

lilacs and buried his teeth in his coat-sleeve He was as near

apoplexy as he was ever to come