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 "Listen, Rain-Girl," he said quietly, kneeling beside her. "That might have been the way out, but for Tallis. I told you about him."

Gently he drew her hands away; but she still averted her face.

"Don't you see what I" she began, then suddenly she drew in her lower lip as if to still its quivering.

"You must go home now," he said gently, "and I must see you in the morning."

"But—but" she began.

"Promise you will let me see you in the morning," he said. "You will?"

"Yes," she whispered faintly.

Very docilely she permitted him to place her cloak upon her shoulders and then walked to the door, still with averted eyes.

"Please—please try and understand," she whispered.

For answer he lifted her hand to his lips and they went out together.