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 He bowed and kissed the tips of her fingers.

"I may have something to say to you to-morrow," she said seriously.

"I shall count the minutes of every hour that separates us."

She watched the tall figure pass swiftly and joyously along the white gravelled moonlit walk, while a pzan of fierce joy welled within her heart.

"I've won—I've won, beyond the shadow of a doubt!" she cried, exultantly.