Duty
should happen before I come back I hope only this: that you will not hate me because I am the man on whom the responsibility has fallen. I haven’t sought it. And if I should not come back at all, it is only—good-by.”
He saw her clasp her hands convulsively. “I will not say it! I will pray on my knees that you do come back.”
“Good-night, Marion. Some one is at the cottage door.”
“It is probably Mr. McCloud and Dicksie. I will let them in.”
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