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_A sin!_" She tried to laugh, but the laugh stuck in her throat, caught and pinned there by the terror that gripped her.
"Yes, I've said that.

I've said it because I wanted to think it," he returned remorselessly, "not because I really thought it." Diane dragged herself up on to her elbow.
"I don't understand.

You've not changed ?" Then, as he made no answer: "Hugh, you're frightening me! What do you mean?
What has Catherine been saying to you ?" Her voice rose excitedly.

A patch of feverish colour appeared on either cheek.