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THE RELENTLESS CITY
Emsworth culminated actually in that ' lyrical letter ' or not, she hardly cared; it was there, in any case, that his fire had burned—had burned itself out.
For a moment the spinning cage of her thoughts paused, and she moved forward in a straight and horrible line. Since her engagement to Bertie those two had not met. Bertie had returned her wedding-present; he had refused to have her at the house. Why? Because he was afraid of seeing her, lest——— The fire had burned for her; what if it had not yet burned itself out?
