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be glad. But I have missed him terribly; we were together almost every moment."
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"I can understand that," said
Miles, gravely. "I fancy you have
been very lonely." He paused. "I
wish I might have seen him once," he
said, regretfully.
"He saw very few persons," she answered. "He was very patient through it all, but—I think he tried always to forget."
She began to move away toward the road.
"You are not going so soon?" he asked. "Won't you stay a little longer? It is very early; look at the shadows."
"If you wish," she answered. "I have nothing to do all day long; they won't let me paint."
"They're quite right," he said, de-
