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Chapter 10
Itwasgettingdarkerbuthecouldseeandhewaslookingallthetimethathewaswindingthewatchorwhateverhewasdoingtoitandthenheputitbackandputhishandsbackintohispockets.Shefeltakindofasensationrushingalloverherandsheknewbythefeelofherscalpandthatirritationagainstherstaysthatthatthingmustbecomingonbecausethelasttimetoowaswhensheclippedherhaironaccountofthemoon.Hisdarkeyesfixedthemselvesonheragaindrinkinginhereverycontour,literallyworshippingathershrine.Ifevertherewasundisguisedadmirationinaman’spassionategazeitwasthereplaintobeseenonthatman’sface.Itisforyou,GertrudeMacDowell,andyouknowit.
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