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Thyrza

CHAPTER XXII
13/57

'Perhaps I have so accustomed myself to rambling over land and sea, that a year without change is proving too much for me.

I must have the library started, and then be off--anywhere--a voyage to New Zealand!' Mrs.Ormonde showed disappointment.

She did not believe that this was the truth, even as he knew it.

The truth was glimmering in the rear of her thoughts, but she would not allow it to come forward; in plain daylight it was really difficult to entertain.

Still, as an instinct it was there, instinct supported even by certain pieces of evidence.
'You wish to go away?
To go a distance--to be away for some time ?' 'Yes.' He did not meet her look.


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