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Marion Arleigh’s Penance

CHAPTER X
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She saw all in the clear light of reason, not in the glamor of love, and her judgment condemned them both.

The sister had been false to her trust; she had betrayed the youth and innocence of the pupil entrusted to her, and he--she summed up the evil he had done her in these few words--he was not true.
She decided upon what to do.

She would never be false to them; all her life long she would do her best to advance Allan's interest; but she must release herself from the tie that became unbearable to her.
He, at this difficult juncture of affairs, behaved with great tact.

He took his sister's advice, and would not intrude upon her.

He sought no more interviews; he wrote no more notes.
"He sees," thought Marion, "that my eyes are open, and he wisely intends to let me go free.


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