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'He's a trustworthy witness! Did he compare me to the statue of the commander?'

'His expressionsis not ridiculous, nor is what you have done to-day And all that on et it'

'I assure you, Fr&auet it,' she said deliberately; once more she looked intently at him, and turned away

He could now see her delicate pure profile, and it see like it, and had never known anything like what he was feeling at that instant His soul was on fire

'And hts

'Fr&auan after a momentary hesitation

'What?'

She did not turn to hi the out the leaves But what a confiding caress could be heard in that one word, 'What?'

'Has yourto youabout '

'About?'

'Aboutback into the basket the cherries she had taken

'Has she been talking to you?' she asked in her turn

'Yes'