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Nedra

CHAPTER IX
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See! I can stand on both of them.

I am not hurt at all.

Let me thank you," she said, smiling into his eyes as she moved away.
"May I assist you ?" he asked eagerly.
"Oh, no; I thank you, Mr.Veath.I would not have my preserver perform the office of a crutch.

I am not hurt in the least.

Good-afternoon." Hugh, disconcerted and piqued by her confusion of names, answered her wondrous smile with one that reflected bewildered admiration, and finally managed to send after her: "I wouldn't have lost the opportunity for the world." That evening he was sitting out on deck in contemplative silence enjoying his after-dinner smoke.


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