Sound steamer, and whose large estate was unsettled. Tom read it over with mingled feelings. “Bah!” he said. “When I get home I shall only have to look over a file of the daily papers to read my obituary. Fortunately I have been back from India so few years that they cannot say a great deal about me.” [54] [54] “De mortuis,” returned Columbine, smiling. “They will only say good of you. I congratulate you on having found your name.” “I had it before you told me,” he said. He took her hands in his and looked at her tenderly. “I have all my past, too,” he went on. “I am free; I have nothing to hide; nothing stands between us. Will you be my wife, Columbine?” She grew pale as ashes; then flushed celestial red; but her eyes did not flinch. “I trust you utterly,” she answered him. “And I love you no less.” [55] [55] Interlude First AN EPISODE IN MASK. Interlude First [56][57] [56][57] AN EPISODE IN MASK. [Scene:—A balcony opening by a wide, curtained window from a ball-room in which a masquerade is in progress. Two maskers, the lady dressed as a peasant girl of Britany and her companion as a brigand, come out. The curtains fall behind them so that they are hidden from those within.] He. You waltz divinely, mademoiselle. She. Thank you. So I have been told before, but I find that it depends entirely upon my partner.
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