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unhasped.hesigorodney,
iediatelytoputthetterright.hestayedant
lohehanessary,and
havingdole
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on.underverofsoexquisiterunoflody,heleant
toething.shegla
herfatherandther,andantlaterlefttheroo
alstunobserved,hrodney.
“isit”sheasked,assoonasthedoor.
rodneydenoansledherdoairsinto
thediningroonthegroundfloor.evenwhenhehad
shutthedoorhesaidnothing,butstraighttothe
edthecurtains.hebeedtokatharine.
“thereheisagain,”hesaid.“look,thereuhe
lapost.”
katharinelooked.shehadnoidearodneywas
talkingabout.avaguefeelingofalarndsterypossessed
her.shesaanstandingontheoppositeside
oftheroadfappost.as
theylookedthefiguretued,eps,and
edtoher
thatheher,andonsciousof
hergazeonhishekneanwas
.shedrehecurtainabruptly.
“denha”saidrodney.“heherelastnighttoo.”
hespokestely.hisannerhadbeefullof
authority.katharialstasifheaccusedherof
socri.shefortablyagitated,as
chbythestrangenessofrodneysbehaviorasbythe
sightofralphdenha
“ifhechoosestoe”shesaiddefiantly.
“youtlethioe
in.”rodneyspokehsuchdecisionthatwhenheraised
hisaratharineexpectedhiodrahecurtaininstantly.
shecaughthishandation.
“”shecried.“idontallowyou.”
“yout,”hereplied.“youvegooofar.”his
handreinedupoain.“it,
katharine,”hebrokeout,lookingatherhanexpression
ofas
areyougoingtotreathisyoutreated”
shelookedathieofallherperplexity,
atthespiritthatpossessedhi
“iforbidyoutodrahecurtain,”shesaid.
hereflected,aookhishandaway.
“ivenhttointerfere,”hencluded.“illleave
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you.or,ifyoulike,.”
“no.itgoback,”shesaid,shakingherhead.she
bentherheadinthought.
“youlovehikatharine,”rodneysaidsuddenly.his
tonehadlostsothingofitssteness,andghthave
beeeachildtosfault.sheraised
hereyesandfixedtheponhi
“ilovehisherepeated.henodded.shesearched
hisfaationofhiswords,and,
ashereinedsilentandexpet,tuedae
reandntinuedherthoughts.heobservedherclosely,
butetokeup
herndtofulfilherobviousduty.thestrainsofzart
reaabove.
“nohasortofdesperation,
risingfroerchairaondrodo
fulfilhispart.hedrehecurtaininstantly,andshe
denoattettostophitheireyesatoncesought
thesaspotbehelapost.
“hesnotthere”sheexclaid.
noohrehewindowupandlooked
out.the,togetherhthe
soundofdista,
andthecriesofsirenshootingdoheriver.
“denhacried.
“ralph”saidkatharishespokescarcelylouder
thahavespokentosoohesa
roohtheireyesfixedupontheoppositesideofthe
road,theydidnotnoticeafigureclosetotherailing
thestreet.butdenhabr >
hadcrossedtheroadandandiheywere
startledbyhisvoicecloseathand.
“rodney”
“thereyouareein,denha”rodhe
frontdoorandope.“hereheis,”hesaid,bringing
ralphintothediningrooarine
stood,et
forasend.denhaookedhalfdazedbythestrong
light,and,buttonedinhisoverat,hhishairruffled
aebody
rescuedfronopenboatoutatsea.
protlyshutthehecurtaied
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asterofthesituation,
atodo.
“yourethefirsttohearthene,”hesaid.
“katharigoingtorry,afterall.”
“”ralphbeganvaguely,holding
outhishatandglan;hebalacarefully
againstasilverbohatstooduponthesideboard.
hethensathielfdoherheavilyattheheadof
theovaldiable.rodoodononesideofhibr >
andkathariheother.heappearedtobepresiding
oversoetingfrostoftheerswere
absent.aned,andhiseyesrestedupon
thegloahoganytable.
“iseocassandra,”saidkatharinebriefly.
atthatdenhaookedupquicklyatrodney.rodneys
expressioniled
alittlenervously,andthenhisattentioobe
elodyfrohefloorabove.he
seedforanttetthepreseheothers.
heglaohedoor.
“ingratulateyou,”saiddenha
“yes,yes.inds,
denha”hesaid.“itspartlykatharinesdoingpartly
ne.”helookedoddlyroundtheroosifheo
kesurethattheseinhad
sorealexistence.“quited,”herepeated.“even
katharine”hisgazeresteduponherfinally,asifshe,
too,hadgedfroisoldvieiledat
herasifteher.“katharineshallexplain,”he
said,andgivingalittlenodtodetheroo
katharidoondleantherupon
herhands.solongasrodheproceedings
oftheeveninghadseedtobeinhischarge,
andhadbeenrkedbyacertaiy.nohat
shehralphshefeltatoanstraint
hadbeentakenfroheoth.shefeltthat
theyofthehouse,hrose,
storyupo
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