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the floor, where he let it lie. She came toward the window, pinching in her waist. "Why don't you reproach me—abuse me?" she asked. "I think I should feel better then. Why don't you tell me that you hate me for bringing you here?"
"Because you would not believe it. I adore you, dear sister! I am delighted to be here, and I am charmed with the prospect."
"I don't know what had taken possession of me. I had lost my head," Eugenia went on.
The young man, on his side, went on plying his pencil. "It is evidently a most curious and interesting country. Here we are, and I mean to enjoy it."
His companion turned away with an
