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THE WHISPER FROM BEYOND.
Ingolby had a will of his own, but it had never been really tried against a woman's will.

It was, however, tried sorely when Fleda came to consciousness again in his arms and realized that a man's face was nearer to hers than any man's had ever been except that of her own father.

Her eyes opened slowly, and for the instant she did not understand, but when she did, the blood stole swiftly back to her neck and face and forehead, and she started in dismay.
"Put me down," she whispered faintly.
"I'm taking you to my buggy," he replied.

"I'll drive you back to Lebanon." He spoke as calmly as he could, for there was a strange fluttering of his nerves, and the crowd was pressing him.
"Put me down at once," she said peremptorily.