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The Lady of the Shroud

BOOK III: THE COMING OF THE LADY
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Even should she place herself in a doubtful position, her honour calls to his honour.

This is a call which may not be--_must_ not be--unanswered.

Even passion must pause for at least a while at sound of such a trumpet-call.
This woman I did respect--much respect.

Her youth and beauty; her manifest ignorance of evil; her superb disdain of convention, which could only come through hereditary dignity; her terrible fear and suffering--for there must be more in her unhappy condition than meets the eye--would all demand respect, even if one did not hasten to yield it.
Nevertheless, I thought it necessary to enter a protest against her embarrassing suggestion.

I certainly did feel a fool when making it, also a cad.


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