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Rh "We still come as we used to do. We have got into the way. As you said, it reminds us of old times."

"Old times?" He stretched out his arms. "Oh, Dorothy," he murmured.

"You were not the only one," said Gale, gently.

"The only one?"

"To suffer."

"Did she suffer?"

"A little. It was soon over."

"Soon over!" repeated the Earl "Ah, yes, exactly. Did he feel it?" he asked, abruptly.

"We all felt it, We all loved her."

"You may have done so; you were able to. But the others, they are cold-blooded. How could they? They cannot feel."

"I don't know," said Gale, stroking his mustache.

"Ah, well," said the Earl, "we would better get back. Thanks for your kindness."

"I have wasted the last six months," he added, thoughtfully, as they turned round.

"How?"

"In trying to find out."

"To find out what?"

"What I should have known," said the Earl, laughing.