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           Sheknewthatheonlyfeignedtobeasleep,butshesaidnothingtohim.

           Hestartedbyandbyasifhewerejustthenawakened,andaskedwhothatwas,andwhatwasthematter?

           ‘Tom,haveyouanythingtotellme?Ifeveryoulovedmeinyourlife,andhaveanythingconcealedfromeveryonebesides,tellittome.’

           ‘Idon’tknowwhatyoumean,Loo.Youhavebeendreaming.’

           ‘Mydearbrother:’shelaidherheaddownonhispillow,andherhairflowedoverhimasifshewouldhidehimfromeveryonebutherself:‘istherenothingthatyouhavetotellme?Istherenothingyoucantellmeifyouwill?Youcantellmenothingthatwillchangeme.OTom,tellmethetruth!’

           ‘Idon’tknowwhatyoumean,Loo!’

           ‘Asyoulieherealone,mydear,inthemelancholynight,soyoumustliesomewhereonenight,whenevenI,ifIamlivingthen,shallhaveleftyou.AsIamherebesideyou,barefoot,unclothed,undistinguishableindarkness,somustIliethroughallthenightofmydecay,untilIamdust.Inthenameofthattime,Tom,tellmethetruthnow!’

           ‘Whatisityouwanttoknow?’

           ‘Youmaybecertain;’intheenergyofherloveshetookhimtoherbosomasifhewereachild;‘thatIwillnotreproachyou.YoumaybecertainthatIwillbecompassionateandtruetoyou.YoumaybecertainthatIwillsaveyouatwhatevercost.OTom,haveyounothingtotellme?Whisperverysoftly.Sayonly“yes,”andIshallunderstandyou!’

           Sheturnedhereartohislips,butheremaineddoggedlysilent.

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