"There is a way out of every position. We must take our line,"

he said. "Anything's better than the position in which you're

living. Of course, I see how you torture yourself over

everything--the world and your son and your husband."

"Oh, not over my husband," she said, with a quiet smile. "I

don't know him, I don't think of him. He doesn't exist."

"You're not speaking sincerely. I know you. You worry about him

too."

"Oh, he doesn't even know," she said, and suddenly a hot flush

came over her face; her cheeks, her brow, her neck crimsoned, and

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tears of shame came into her eyes. "But we won't talk of him."




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