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Simon Dale

CHAPTER XVIII
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Leaving the boat to its fate, we walked towards the town.
"Where are you taking me ?" asked Barbara.
"To the one person who can serve us," I answered.

"Veil your face, and it would be well that we shouldn't speak loud." "I have no desire to speak at all," said Barbara.
I would not tell her whither she went.

Had we been friends, to bring her there would have taxed my persuasion to the full; as our affairs stood, I knew she would lie the night in the street before she would go.

But if I got her to the house, I could keep her.

But would she reach the house?
She walked very wearily, faltering in her step and stumbling over every loose stone.


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