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He had turned full on her; the answering colour crept to his forehead

"Is that why?" he asked slowly

"Is it not a reason?"

"It was ht lip This trend to the conversation was o alone in still sun-dreament save her own self in court with herself

"I--I suppose you cannot go--now," she reflected innocently

"Indeed I can, andin the sand with my heels? Merci!"

"Do you mean--"

"I certainly do, Mr Siward I don't want to dream, now; I don't care to reflect I did, but here you co into ehere doing what I wished to do for goodness kno long!"

"I' at her curiously

"Then you are very selfish, Mr Siward"

"We will call it that," he said with an odd laugh

"Very well" She seated herself on the sand and calmly shook out her skirts

"About what tily

"Thank you, I shall do no sun-dreaood at all And I aay malice that subdued hi him, went on with her punishment: "You see what you've done, don't you?--savedwasted in sentiht have been Now you can appreciate it, can't you?--your wisdoirl the effort of evoking you in the spirit! Ah, Mr Siward, I aed to you! Pray sit here beside ht cohter accoay audacity, which for the instant extinguished in her the little fear of him she had been barely conscious of

"Do you know," he said, "that you also aroused me from my sun-dreams?"

"Did I? And can't you resume them?"

"You save me the necessity"

"Oh, that is a second-hand coiarism on what I conveyed very wittily You were probably really asleep, and drea of bird-murder"

He waited for her to finish, then, ah on a little drifted sand dune he found a place for hinantly, he curled up in the sunshine, and, dropping his head on the hot sand, calmly closed his eyes