"IL M'AIME, JE VOUS DIS"
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ous hush and a deep content had descended. He could forgive now. He could forgive, because he had given Dick's life back to him, and in so doing he had given him all else.
Cheerfully, with eyes bright and head up, he rode home. For all his strength and love he was fitting himself to bring that offering which the other man—having demanded and obtained of him—must throw away.
