The Face of Rosenfeld — page 180: what you’re looking at

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THE FACE OF ROSENFEL. 173 suffering. It seemed as if she had intended to speak, but feared to trust her voice. There she stood, like a timid fawn, panting and trembling. . Maxey, hardly knowing what he did, stretched out his arms in an imploring gesture. She uttered a cry, ran toward him, threw herself into his embrace and broke down completely. “Oh,” she sobbed. ‘‘ How 1 wish I were strong as I ought to be, as I thought I was! I had made up my mind to tell you ‘no.’ ButIcannot. Oh! I cannot do it! J should be brave, and I am a coward! For your sake I should be willing to break both our hearts if need be, rather than you make a mesalliance with me.” ‘* Not nameless, no,” eried Maxey, with unanswerable logic, ‘‘for I will give you mine. If you had a name what else could you do but throw it away?” He bent over. His lips met hers. It was their first kiss. She threw her arms about him with a sudden vehemence, that in some degree revealed to the aston- ished artist how truly his sister had spoken when she told him that he did not know the depth of that emotional nature which he yearned to possess. She cried out hysterically: ‘*Oh! tell me over and over again, till I cannot fail | to believe you, that when the truth about me is known, whatever it be, you will never, never regret this step you are taking!” ** Never!” answered Maxey, who had reached a state of exaltation beyond any thing he had ever experienced. **T swear it!” It astonished Maxey to find that nobody was surprised. There was little ceremony; no display. It was a very Ea Ne eer eae ae ~ ® teed “ . res vee © oe Rea Sh t ~ " Ge SE o is RN a ah to > +at . uP eS - }> ; " ieee pd ev Pe an —~f ik tess f : . _ yg > i . oe + oe ey * ” rok to" tas VU! BL AEs a mew 1 el oF at Ae ae vaneu ke er 2 Fe Sy er rat J on . Vs ey as 7 PES in! ple ~ . a wih ors. * . . A ie tee Pie Shor, he: harrahs anes Me Oa OOS ry ere be eH) os Sot Uy ah EP ad heel WATE. SEF Seen,