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Nineteen women out of twenty, however, even of the most exacting sort, would have managed to do with Warburton. Perhaps you don't know how he has been stalked." "I don't wish to know. But it seems to me," said Isabel, "that one day when we talked of him you mentioned odd things in him." Ralph smokingly considered.
For an instant he saw her standing in that position, then the wick of the spent candle fell over into the socket; the flame diminished to a little blue point, and the room grew dark. A moment, or less, if possible, passed so, and then the wick flamed up, smokingly, for the last time.
For, whether it were some uncanny play of mind or very truth, it seemed to him that from the wide fireplace there did indeed come a faint ring of hoofs and clash of steel; the long cressets over them suddenly flickered smokingly, though no draft crossed their faces.
"But she wasn't," said the Colonel very smokingly. "She wasn't," Mrs. Assingham echoed. The echo, not loud but deep, filled for a little the room. He seemed to listen to it die away; then he began again. "How are you sure?" She waited before saying, but when she spoke it was definite. "There wasn't time." He had a small laugh for her reason; he might have expected some other.
"But she wasn't," said the Colonel very smokingly. "She wasn't," Mrs. Assingham echoed. The echo, not loud but deep, filled for a little the room. He seemed to listen to it die away; then he began again. "How are you sure?" She waited before saying, but when she spoke it was definite. "There wasn't time." He had a small laugh for her reason; he might have expected some other.
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