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“Turan, ood of you to come!”

Turan was leaning over his fiancée to give her a kiss; Doctor Resuhî Bey intercepted him with a swift motion and said:

“No, not yet Hold her hand; it will comfort her more!” Turan held that dear hand and knelt beside her bed At that el

However, slowly her eyes closed and she fell asleep For a brief htly; her chest rose and fell like a tired child’s Then there cae in her face which I had noticed on rew stertorous, the uer and sharper than ever She opened her eyes, half-awake, half-asleep; those eyes which a lassy and hard With a soft, voluptuous voice that I had never heard from her lips, she said:

“Oh, Turan, lad you have come… Kiss me, kiss me!”

Turan leaned over his lover for a kiss; but at that le upon its prey, clutched hiht he could have possessed, and hurled him across the room

“Do not dare, for your life and the safety of her soul!”

The old professor roared these words and stood before Turan Turan was so taken aback that for a h a ht better of it and contained himself Both Doctor Resuhî Bey and I turned our eyes to Sadan We saw a spase and hatred flit like a shadow over her face; the sharp teeth chaan to close and her difficult breathing began again It was not five minutes later when Sadan reopened her eyes, but this tiirl reached out her thin, weak are, dark hands, and kissed theratitude Then, in a faint voice, but with unspeakable pathos:

“Ah, a true friend to Turan and me!” she said “Protect and comfort him!”

The old professor knelt beside her, and in a deep and majestic voice said:

“I swear it!” He then turned to Turan: “Come, my son, take her hand and kiss her on the forehead, but only once”

Turan kissed his lover’s forehead, and Sadan’s eyes closed slowly Resuhî Bey, as noatching S

adan, held Turan’s ar became more stertorous Then, suddenly, it ceased The old doctor, in a faint voice, said:

“It is all over… She is dead!”

When I opened the door, I saw Turan on his knees, sobbing I hurried back into the rooriirl’s beauty Her face and lips became pink and almost rejuvenated I stood beside the professor: