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I would do anything--"
OH!"
"
There was a moment's pause. She looked squarely into his face, her eyes
alight with anger and contempt, and perhaps he flushed a little. He
stroked his moustache, and by an effort maintained his cynical calm.
"
Let us be reasonable," he said.
"
Reasonable! That means all that is mean and cowardly and sensual in the
world."
"You have always had it so--in your generalising way. But let us look at
the facts of the case--if that pleases you better."
With an impatient gesture she motioned him to go on.
"
"
Well," he said,--"you've eloped."
I've left my home," she corrected, with dignity. "I left my home
because it was unendurable. Because that woman--"
"Yes, yes. But the point is, you have eloped with me."
"You came with me. You pretended to be my friend. Promised to help me to
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