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"How long is it since you received this ht you came here first"

"And when I asked you to come toofof my father's request as well?"

"Yes"

"You have known all this about the Baron for a ?"

"You wouldn't have believed ainst

him"

"But afterwards?"

"Afterwards I had another reason"

"Did it concern me?"

"Yes"

"And now?"

"Now that I have to part from you I am compelled to tell you what he

is"

"But if you had known that all this tiainst you"

"That would have made no difference"

She lifted her head, and a look of fire, almost of fierceness, came into

her face, but she only said, with a little hysterical cry, as if her

throat were swelling: "Come to me to-morrow, David! Be sure you coive you! But you will co out into sobs, she turned quickly and

hurried away

"She can never fall into that ht And then he

lit his laone, and the

night had fallen on hi David Rossi had not yet risen when soreat fellow looked nervous and troubled, and he