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The Amazing Marriage

CHAPTER XXV
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She's safe.' 'Where ?' 'Will you come, sir ?' 'Step ahead.' Madge set forth to north of the square.
He judged of the well-favoured girl that she could steer her way through cities: mouth and brows were a warning to challenger pirate craft of a vessel carrying guns; and the red lips kept their firm line when they yielded to the pressure for speech.
'It's a distance.

She's quite safe, no harm; she's a prisoner; she's well fed; she's not ill treated.' 'You 're out ?' 'That's as it happens.

I'm lucky in seeing you early.

He don't mean to hurt her; he won't be beaten.

All she asks is ten minutes with him.


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