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She'll do her duty, and with one hand tied! Can't you do as much? Haven't you any idea of duty in the world?" "Duty!" Dunwody's lips met in a bitter smile. "Listen here, Mr. Dunwody," began Josephine, "I've seen worse wounds than that, seen weaker men survive worse than that. There's a chance perhaps why don't you take it like a man? I exact it of you. I demand it! Your duty to me is unpaid. Come.
Finally they reached the point in the road just below the shut-in, where the hills fell back in the approach to the little circular valley. Dunwody's gaze was bent eagerly out and ahead. "My God!" he exclaimed, at length. "We are too late! Look!" At the same moment there came excited cries from the horsemen who followed.
Gentlemen, pass into the other room, there, if you please." She motioned to the two prisoners, and stepped to Dunwody's side. "I can't have this," he broke out suddenly. "You're hurt, yourself. Go to your room. I tell you, it's nothing." "Be quiet," she said, close at his ear. "I'm not afraid of you now." In this strange house party, a truce was tacitly agreed.
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