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"Back!" she said, holding up her hand as if to keep him away; "not a

step nearer And what if I am Vallect?"

Cardo stood still Was this thehe had pictured to hied her , that has changed you so? What is that

cold, haughty look on your face? I am Cardo, dearest--your own Cardo!

co to you, and to clasp you in his loving

arain he approached as if to embrace her

"Stand back," said Gwladys once more "If you come a step nearer, I

will call for help from the house"

"No, no," said Cardo, "do not do that I will obey you, dearest; but

tell e in you? Oh, Valotten the happy past, the

walks by the Berwen, the fortnight at Fordsea? I have been ill,

dearest--have lain unconscious for months in a hospital; but I swear

that, froht,

every fibre of , every chord of memory has been faithful to

you, and to you alone! Come and sit on this bench Five minutes will

explain all to you, and I will not believe that irl you see at him with eyes in which