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144 she said.

She shook her head.

she said.

—and his eye brightened with a sudden excitement—

She stood close to him by the fire, with eyes that strayed from him to a picture, down to the fire again, and again back to him.

she said at length;

He lit a candle for her, and she went to the foot of the stairs, then paused a moment, with her back to him.

she said.

She heard him take a couple of steps inside the room she had just left, and then a vague sort of rustle.

said he.

she cried, beginning to ascend the stairs; And she paused at the corner.

He appeared in the doorway on the instant.

he asked.

said he.

She leaned over the banisters.