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out of it now. But it was enough, God knew! And the time for claiming his own was at hand.
"You must come with me," he said as he reached for her. He felt the weight of her body on his arm, weak and relaxed, as he groped his way toward the stairhead.
He thought for a moment that she had fainted. But she said very quietly, "This way," as he made a wrong turn in the gloom of the lower hallway.
THE END
