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"I wish you wouldn't go away, Nevill," she said

"It's all right, I'll be back in a day or two" He blushed at his own

lie

Mrs Nevill Tyson sat down on the bed and began to cry

"What's the matter, Moll, eh?"

"I don't know, I don't know," she sobbed "I'm afraid, Nevill--I'm so

terribly afraid"

"Why, what are you afraid of?" He looked up and was touched by the terror

in her face

"I don't know But I can bear it--I won't be silly and frightened--I can

bear it if you'll only stay"

She slid on to her knees beside him; and while she i hi the unsteadily as she knelt

He put his arainst his shoulder; and she

looked up into his face, trying to smile

"You won't leave me?" she whispered hoarsely

He laid his hand upon her forehead It was daony

He carried her to her room and sent for Mrs Wilcox and the doctor and

the nurse Then he went back and began turning the things in and out of

his portmanteau in a melancholy, undecidedit