Could you stay to-night, Captain Selwyn ?" "Y-es, if you think it better.

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Wait a moment; I think she has awakened." Alixe had turned her head, her lovely eyes wide open.
"Phil!" she cried, "is it you ?" He went forward and took the uplifted hands, smiling down at her.
"Such a horrid dream!" she said pettishly, "about a soft, plump man with ever so many rings on his hands.