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AT THE FINGER-POST.
Through all, it will have been noticed, Mademoiselle had not spoken to me, nor said one word, good or bad.

She had played her part grimly, had taken defeat in silence if with tears, had tried neither prayer nor defence nor apology.

And the fact that the fight was now over, and the scene left behind, made no difference in her conduct.

She kept her face studiously turned from me, and affected to ignore my presence.