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Rh It is perfectly clear who blackmailed you, and if you like you can have him in the hollow of your

said Bertie.

Dorothy laughed.

she remarked.

She paused a moment.

she said,

She left the room quickly, and came back again with the dressing-bag in her hand.

she said, with her enchanting smile.

He could not speak; there was a pathos about her gaiety that gripped his throat.

she said.

It was between eleven and twelve that night when Bertie