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264 he said,

asked she.

she asked.

she said.

said he.

she said.

She was silent a moment.

he said.

she said.

She took it from him, and went over to the brighter light of the dressing-table to read it by. It was long, and it took her some minutes, and in those minutes she learned for the first time what a man's love could be, and she envied with a sense of passionate longing the woman to whom it was written. That was the fire he had spoken of. When she had finished she gave it back to him.

she said.

She paused, and suddenly her jealousy and her desire flamed high.