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per diure rose from the sofa by the fire as I entered

"Mon chou--mon petit cheri!" I heard, si sound of the door behind the screen, which masks the entrance to

the roo I supposed at the time, probably

it was Alathea I surrily "Why do you co affection and grateful

thanks She had come for no other reason only just to express her

friendly appreciation! To get rid of her was all I desired I never was

a day I just said I was expecting some

relatives, and that I knew she would understand and would go at once

"Of course," she said, and shook

with ier, in the

flat above, and could not resist the temptation to come in

"It iven you all

that you wanted, and I would rather not see you again"