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It seemed at that moment as if I could not deny her Every impulse of

to do,

after all

It was not the danger which threatened, that influenced er, and our own necessities,

were very real for her, even if I, in my secret heart, made little of

them

For a moment I think I was undecided, but then the full force of what

such an act would mean, the full realisation of what I would becohther, and drew her to her feet; I rising,

also

"Zara," I said with deliberation, "once and for all, and for the last

ti If I should take the oath of

nihilis so, I could not look into my

mirror, save with horror I aiven hientles, and I will and must do and perform them

all I should say, too, that he did not seek ht hie on ht hiuessed at ht into contact with him

I have found him to be a man who is worthy of much admiration; a man