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'And you never married?' said he.
'No, John; I never married,' she replied.
The hall clock striking two recalled them to the sense of
time.
'And now,' said she, 'you have been fed and warmed, and I
have heard your story, and now it's high time to call your
brother.'
'Oh!' cried John, chap-fallen; 'do you think that absolutely
necessary?'
'I can't keep you here; I am a stranger,' said she. 'Do you
want to run away again? I thought you had enough of that.'
He bowed his head under the reproof. She despised him, he
reflected, as he sat once more alone; a monstrous thing for a
woman to despise a man; and strangest of all, she seemed to
like him. Would his brother despise him, too? And would his
brother like him?
And presently the brother appeared, under Flora's escort;
and, standing afar off beside the doorway, eyed the hero of
this tale.
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