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it..k you; l am doing very WCll.'
she walked on and he walked beside
hor. 1lo facilities for conversation
were certainly not good, oven had the
roadret been there. lie was six or
seven in3ac5 tailor than she, and he was
Obliged 20 stoup and speak loud in order
TO insure her hearing him, whilo be was
IN danger Of missing or misnterpreting
the muiiled murmur of her replies. But
tbore was in Bellinghaln great deal of
consistency and concentration of purpose.
81 don't expect you to forgive me-
be said. "Ouly understand that | can
never forgive myself. Such blunder
should have been Impossible to man
who felt toward you rs did If had
becu worth your caring for | should not
have innuo it
at was natural; you could not have
done anyt!rry else; | do not blame
YOU said BsaGix through her veil.
GeoifIey did not wholly catch her words;
he understood her to say that such
mi9tale was only to be expected of him,
and ms luce tell. She perceived the
change IN him, and faltered out, 81
mean thnt | do forgive yUu!" But
Fifth avenue stage, rafting by just then,
drowned This sentence altogether.
~ don't mesn 80 persooute YOU" he
remarked, speabin@ il monotonous
tone, a. they walked onWard side nv side.
81 didn't rujurl from Europe for that;
merely wanted you to know. ! ;.scd to
think thai, Wb2tovUT happened, I could
alWsus tmAl. and act like n man who
believed IL goodness aud-rurity. But
/ iailed 10 the important moment. and
you may be right-it was only natural in
me For q long time-iuany yaars-br-
fore ] met YOU | had nothing to do with
women. and trccght as li5tio as possible
ehout toe,u. You seemed 10 me. when
! iIrst s2w Sou. everything that | moss
wanted. AND, at the same tlno. cverv-
thing Uls5 / most dslil,ei 1t was tine
contradiction hc.w0on what | felt YOU
were and what THOUGHT YOU wc~o.
That bean with OR fr-t evening and
went on cEar~cratine itself until the
end That's my story, Miss Randolph.
A-oer all is only a long way Of saving, i
made q mistake and beg your pardon. ="
Pea, TX heard MI this and the moro
she heard the more torlnented she fe,t
and the faster she tried to walk: bat the
Sidewalks were shppcry, and 1T last in
crossing the street her foot slipped, md
She WOull have iallen if Gaoifrrv had
not caught her arm. She stopped, press
iCg her ha03s, which We're claspel in
side her inUN, against her heart. and
gIancin@ tins way and that, ike a bird
ta&t knows not which way to fly. She
Yves IN jus5 such a half frantic. half
hopeless mood rs often prompts women
to acts wllichapps1r- perhaps really
are-insane. She knew that on the pass
ing moment depended probably the fall
tup or success, the happiness or misery.
Of hec whole future lie She kncw That
everything WIS going topsv-turvy. alb
surliy ,Ad gratuitOUsly wro0g. And
she felt para yzed--wholiy unable to ut
ter a word to set everything right. 4
word would have done il. What pre-
vented her? In part, perhaps, the very
urSency Of her desire which tr7pped ND
its performance.
Eur what appeared to be the real oh
Staclcs were utterly trivial material acci-
dents, such as being in the open street.
being bClIeted by the wind, being OBJ
structed by her veil, being unable to see
tie expression of BeIlingham's face. be-
cause 1t was III shadow. The more dcs-
picably small the hindrances were. and
the more out OF proportion with the
thing they were hindering, the less
could Eea.3ix prevail against them. So
1t often eeelns to DO IN this world; it is
not only that the mountain in labor
brings forth mouse, but that mouse
prevents the bringing forth Of mount
ain.
Bel!lughnm also was wretChezlly aware
that he had ruined whatever little chance
he may have he'd; that be had spoken
boldly and pGrfunctorily, with frozen
tongue, although his heart was on fire.
He could not help it; no could have dlc,l
for her on the spot, but he could not put
INFO his voice or face as nuch life as
would have kept gnat in motion Ii
was all over
VIII you stop thus stage for me,
please Beatrix had sud rs another Of
those gorgeous vehicles came swinging
ieild luln be1ing alo1fg
with pleasurct' Bellingha-n REPLIED.
not ironically, but mechanically. The
stage pulled UP; he handed all he loved
IN Inc world up the sep; he saw her fail
into seat, and ten, with a jerk and
hocf clSttor stage and all disappeared
IN the gloom and snow. Bolllnghaia rc-
maillo1 for q few moments in the middle
Of the road like Il policemen till, recol- /
Letting himself, he saw before him the
hospltable eatrance Of Delmonico's. and
went in there
CHAPTER XIV.
TaE GREAT MARIANA.
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