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A
few
hours
earlier
,
her
request
would
have
brought
him
instantly
to
his
feet
.
She
had
given
him
,
on
the
day
of
his
arrival
,
an
inviting
glimpse
of
the
spacious
book
-
lined
room
above
stairs
in
which
she
had
gathered
together
all
the
tokens
of
her
personal
tastes
:
the
retreat
in
which
,
as
one
might
fancy
,
Anna
Leath
had
hidden
the
restless
ghost
of
Anna
Summers
;
and
the
thought
of
a
talk
with
her
there
had
been
in
his
mind
ever
since
.
But
now
he
sat
motionless
,
as
if
spell
-
bound
by
the
play
of
Madame
de
Chantelle
’
s
needles
and
the
pulsations
of
Owen
’
s
fitful
music
.
“
She
will
want
to
ask
me
about
the
girl
,
”
he
repeated
to
himself
,
with
a
fresh
sense
of
the
insidious
taint
that
embittered
all
his
thoughts
;
the
hand
of
the
slender
-
columned
clock
on
the
mantel
-
piece
had
spanned
a
half
-
hour
before
shame
at
his
own
indecision
finally
drew
him
to
his
feet
.
From
her
writing
-
table
,
where
she
sat
over
a
pile
of
letters
,
Anna
lifted
her
happy
smile
.
The
impulse
to
press
his
lips
to
it
made
him
come
close
and
draw
her
upward
.
She
threw
her
head
back
,
as
if
surprised
at
the
abruptness
of
the
gesture
;
then
her
face
leaned
to
his
with
the
slow
droop
of
a
flower
.
He
felt
again
the
sweep
of
the
secret
tides
,
and
all
his
fears
went
down
in
them
.
She
sat
down
in
the
sofa
-
corner
by
the
fire
and
he
drew
an
armchair
close
to
her
.
His
gaze
roamed
peacefully
about
the
quiet
room
.
“
It
’
s
just
like
you
—
it
is
you
,
”
he
said
,
as
his
eyes
came
back
to
her
.
“
It
’
s
a
good
place
to
be
alone
in
—
I
don
’
t
think
I
’
ve
ever
before
cared
to
talk
with
any
one
here
.
”
“
Let
’
s
be
quiet
,
then
:
it
’
s
the
best
way
of
talking
.
”
“
Yes
;
but
we
must
save
it
up
till
later
.
There
are
things
I
want
to
say
to
you
now
.
”
He
leaned
back
in
his
chair
.
“
Say
them
,
then
,
and
I
’
ll
listen
.
”
“
Oh
,
no
.
I
want
you
to
tell
me
about
Miss
Viner
.
”
