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Rh Bertie turned for a moment to his sitting-room in quest of evening news, and found Amelie there waiting for him. Her face was a little flushed, and some shadow of trouble clouded it.

she said. And she stopped.

said he gently.

said he.

continued Amelie;

said Bertie.

Bertie thought for a moment.

said he at length.

said she.

She turned on him a long, luminous look.

she said.

He frowned.

he said.

she said.

She left the window where she was standing, and began to move towards the door.