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She did not reply at once, and when she lifted the dark eyes to his they were full of suffering, like those of an animal under the lash. "I nev' said hit was you," she averred, after a time. "No; but you might as well. Everybody believes it, and you haven't denied it. Who is the man?" "I cayn't tell," she said simply. "You mean you won't tell." "No, I cayn't; I'm livin' on his money, Tom-Jeff."
"Say, Nan; I hope you haven't got to hurry home," he interposed, when she stooped to lift the overflowing bucket. "I want to talk to you to tell you something." She looked up quickly, and there were scrolls unreadable in the black eyes. "Air you a man now, Tom-Jeff, or on'y a boy like you used to be?" she asked. Tom squared his broad shoulders and laughed.
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