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I wondered if they would not detect the odor of ar, and thus

discover that they were not alone in the garden, but the draft carried

the smoke away fro

"I can give you only a few uests will miss me You should have come to me later"

"I know; but it was iood friends are very anxious to hear so from you When can you

be present to tell the

your journey?"

The tone of the question was ht had any other man to address arding her as arden solely for the purpose of being alone to

think about her, and that ina the cushions of the Turkish bower, I had had her

with me for a companion You will discover by this statement that I was

still h I had left her in

the drawing room while I went away alone; but it is always possible to

conjure a personal presence if the h that presence be not physical, it is nevertheless real

The tone of thebower

was masterful, as I have said More than that it was faht, and I was conscious of a silent rage when I

heard it

I sensed his words subconsciously, and yet I had thoroughly