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Chapter 24. Fortune-Telling

           asanestimablemanandmostindulgenthusband,onlynecessarytomentionAsparagusanditappearedortohintatanylittledelicatethingtodrinkanditcamelikemagicinapintbottleitwasnotecstasybutitwascomfort,Ireturnedtopapa’sroofandlivedsecludedifnothappyduringsomeyearsuntilonedaypapacamesmoothlyblunderinginandsaidthatArthurClennamawaitedmebelow,IwentbelowandfoundhimaskmenotwhatIfoundhimexceptthathewasstillunmarriedstillunchanged!’

           ThedarkmysterywithwhichFloranowenshroudedherselfmighthavestoppedotherfingersthanthenimblefingersthatworkednearher.Theyworkedonwithoutpause,andthebusyheadbentoverthemwatchingthestitches.

           ‘Askmenot,’saidFlora,‘ifIlovehimstillorifhestilllovesmeorwhattheendistobeorwhen,wearesurroundedbywatchfuleyesanditmaybethatwearedestinedtopineasunderitmaybenevermoretobereunitednotawordnotabreathnotalooktobetrayusallmustbesecretasthetombwondernotthereforethatevenifIshouldseemcomparativelycoldtoArthurorArthurshouldseemcomparativelycoldtomewehavefatalreasonsitisenoughifweunderstandthemhush!’

           AllofwhichFlorasaidwithsomuchheadlongvehemenceasifshereallybelievedit.Thereisnotmuchdoubtthatwhensheworkedherselfintofullmermaidcondition,shedidactuallybelievewhatevershesaidinit.

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