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"And now--" he said

She moved backward as he leaned nearer

"You promised to remember on the day you understood," she answered, a

little huskily, "that it was all fro else?"

"If there were," she said, and her voice grew more and more unsteady, "if

there were, can't you see that what I have done--" She stopped, and then,

suddenly, "Ah, it would have been brazen!"

He looked up at the little stars and he heard the bells, and they struck

into his heart like a dirge He ation, and

then dropped upon the bench with his head bowed between his hands

She pressed her hand to her boso him in a startled fashion, her

eyes wide and her lips parted She took a few quick, short steps toward

the garden, still watching him over her shoulder

"Youhis bent head, "I know you're

sorry I'll be all right in a ht to left and fro a way of escape; she gathered her skirts in her

hand, as if to run into the garden; but suddenly she turned and ran to