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258 he said.

Dorothy sat up.

she said.

Bertie leant forward.

he said.

He got up; the mere statement of what she had done, now that he was face to face with her, infuriated him to a sort of madness of rage.

he said.

He came a step nearer, and saw her shrink from him, and look round as if to see where the bell was.

he said.

He took from his pocket the letters, and unfolded them.

he said. And this, a copy of the instructions you gave? All that I think I could have forgiven you. But on the top of it, you tell Amelie. By your own confession you tell her that, and anything more, I suppose, that occurred to you. No doubt you told her that you had gratified my passion for you.