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kissed him many times with no one but the austere moon to see. The rest of their walk back was occupied by Carmelita in enthusiastic recital of her plans.

"And I'll come up every few days to town and have lunch with you," she promised. He patted her hand at this as if to say, "Yes, of course," but he knew, with Lucy Hodge and her friends and all the other diversions in this delightful region, she would probably do nothing of the kind. But he was tired of bickering and was willing to do almost anything now to make her happy and contented. But there was Rao-Singh. He would be her neighbor also. For an instant Dudley's brow darkened.