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Rh "Excuse me!" he said suddenly. "I got to tell the colonel something."

He got lankily into motion and presently passed in through the windows. …

Irresistibly her gaze drew Lanyard's. He lifted careworn eyes and realized her with a great wistfulness upon him.

She awaited in silence his verdict, her chin proudly high, her face adorably flushed, her shining eyes level and brave to his, her generous hands outstretched.

"Must you go now?" she said tenderly, as he stood hesitant and shamed. "Must you go now, my dear?"