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The Island Pharisees

CHAPTER XII
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To Shelton's delight they fell into line with him, and all three went galloping along the strip between the trees and rails.

The look she gave him seemed to say, "I don't care if it is forbidden!" but she did not speak.

He could not take his eyes off her.

How lovely she looked, with the resolute curve of her figure, the glimpse of gold under her hat, the glorious colour in her cheeks, as if she had been kissed.
"It 's so splendid to be at home! Let 's go faster, faster!" she cried out.
"Take a pull.

We shall get run in," grumbled her brother, with a chuckle.
They reined in round the bend and jogged more soberly down on the far side; still not a word from her to Shelton, and Shelton in his turn spoke only to Bill Dennant.


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