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His hand caught hers, regardless of the pain to either His arht hers

It was done! Now he , inopportune, fatal as any method he possibly could

have found,to do, here and with her

situated thus But it was done

Till now he had never given her grounds forYet now

here was this!

He came to his senses as she thrust hiroide

"Oh!" she said "Oh! Oh! Oh!"

"Oh!" whispered Will Banion to himself, hoarsely

He held his two scorched hands each side her face as she drew back,

sought to look into her eyes, so that she ht believe either his hope,

his despair or his contrition

But she turned her eyes away Only he could hear her outraged

protest--"Oh! Oh! Oh!"