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The Red Lily

CHAPTER IV
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I am thinking--I am thinking that we are separated all through the summer; that in winter you live with your parents and your friends half the time; and that, if we are to see so little of each other, it is better not to see each other at all." He lighted the candelabra.

His frank, hard face was illuminated.

He looked at her with a confidence that came less from the conceit common to all lovers than from his natural lack of dignity.

He believed in her through force of education and simplicity of intelligence.
"Therese, I love you, and you love me, I know.

Why do you torment me?
Sometimes you are painfully harsh." She shook her little head brusquely.
"What will you have?
I am harsh and obstinate.


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