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The Mermaid

CHAPTER VIII
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This woman and that other maiden were not the same in thought, or character, or deed, or aspect.

Furthermore, what experience he had made him feel certain that the woman who had known him in that relationship could not be so indifferent to his recognition, so indifferent to all that was in him to which her beauty appealed, as this woman was, and of this woman's indifference he felt convinced.
The provision made for the board and lodging of the new doctor was explained to him.

It was not considered safe for him to live with any of the families of the island.

A very small wooden building, originally built as a stable, but never used, had been hastily remodelled into a house for him.

It was some way further down the winding road, within sight of the house of Madame Le Maitre.
Caius was taken to this new abode, and found that it contained two rooms, furnished with the necessities and many of the comforts of life.
The stove was good; abundance of fuel was stacked near the house; simple cooking utensils hung in the outer room; adjoining it, or rather, in a bit of the same building set apart, was a small stable, in which a very good horse was standing.


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