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Joan, agitated as she was, could not help but see the effect of her

unexpected and unconscious girlishness She comprehended that with

the mind of the woman which had matured in her Like Kells, she too,

had different personalities

"I' "I

want to give you a chance to irl!And I'ood,

who ood," replied Joan, earnestly "I can't

understand what I do feel But I know--if it had been Gulden instead

of you--that I wouldn't have tried to hide er--AFRAID of you That's why I acted--so--just

like a girl caughtOh! can't you see!"

"No, I can't see," he replied "I wish I hadn't fetched you here I

wish the thing hadn't happened Now it's too late"

"It's never too lateYou--you haven't harmed me yet"

"But I love you," he burst out "Not like I have Oh! I see this--

that I never really loved any woripped oing to hang

me"