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54 SHOULD SHE HAVE LEFT HIM? she would not then cry out against those who had not protected her against herself. He let her hands slowly fall from his own, stag- gered by the fearful thought, and turned away from her, saying: ‘The sacrifice is too vast; it cannot be, it cannot be!” He had taken but a step or two, when she was beside him with her hand upon his shoulder. He halted and listened to her words, thrilling in their persuasion: “Do not ruin my life!” The afternoon concert began on the veranda beneath. The solemn melody of the Lohengrin Wedding March floated in through the open win- dows. The tenderness in Dorothy's face deepened as she repeated the words: ‘‘Entreat me not to leave thee, for whither thou goest I will go; and where thou lodgest I will lodge.” He caught her in his arms, crying: “ Until death do us part.” The last train for New York was pulling out of the station when Mr. Magrane stepped on board. He had waited until the last moment watching the gate through which travelers pass through to the train. Dorothy was not one of those who passed through. Comicbooks.€©