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274 A Fair Fraud Edgar, go and send away his cab. Come, Ken, I have got a little surprise for you upstairs.’ She seized hold of his hand and dragged © him up the staircase. But Captain Drury did not require much dragging, for he guessed at once what the surprise must be. ~ Marion flung open the drawing-room door, and gave him a little playful push. Then she closed the door quickly upon him, and waited patiently outside on the landing for the natural development of events. Inside the room, Hester stood motionless in the middle of the room. She did not speak, and her face was pale, and he noticed that she was trembling. But in his eyes that slender, black-robed form had never appeared more adorable and more seductive. Her g.lden hair seemed to him to be like a flash of beautiful sunshine, and the blue eyes shone through a mist of tears. There was joy in those tears—the joy of seeing him again; but there were other things as well, of which he became instinctively aware: —regret, diffidence, and a strange new touch of deprecation in her aspect; it was as though — she awaited his verdict upon her past with fear and with uncertainty, strangely blended with the confidence of love. She had not long to wait. In three steps he had crossed the room and GORMGIOO 4 (G' O)