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56 by not answering; after which she answered by repeating her question. "What do you stand to lose?"

Why the question now affected him as other he couldn't have said; he only could, this time, meet it otherwise. "Everything."

"So I thought. Then you shall succeed. And to that end I'm yours"

"Ah, dear lady!" he kindly breathed.

"Till death!" said Maria Gostrey. "Good-night."