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and.

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." In spite of his certainty a slight redness came into his face as he spoke the last two words.
She reassured him at once by the laugh with which she exclaimed, "I should hope so!" He looked at her with real cordiality, and the lines which were drawn about his nose and lips slackened for the first time.
"Thank God!" he exclaimed.

"Now we can behave like civilised human beings." Certainly a barrier which usually stands fast had fallen, and it was possible to speak of matters which are generally only alluded to between men and women when doctors are present, or the shadow of death.