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The White Sister

CHAPTER XIV
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'Did you love me then ?' 'I believed that you had been dead two years,' answered the nun slowly.
'But did you love me still, when I was dead ?' 'Yes.' She did not lower her voice, for she was not ashamed, but she looked down.

He forgot her rebuke, and called her by her old name again, that had meant life and hope and everything to him through years of captivity.
'Angela!' He did not heed her gesture now, nor the quick word she spoke.

'Yes, I will call you Angela--you love me now----' She checked him again, with more energy.
'Hush! If you cannot be reasonable, I shall go away!' 'Reasonable!' There was contempt in his tone, but he sat upright again and said no more.
'Listen to me,' said Sister Giovanna, finding some strength in the small advantage she had just gained.

'I have not let you come here in order to torment you or cheat you, and I mean to tell you the truth.
You have a right to know it, and I still have the right to tell it, because there is nothing in it of which I am ashamed.

Will you hear me quietly, whatever I say ?' 'Yes, I will.


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