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The Captives

CHAPTER II
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See as much of her as you can.

She's devoted to you, Miss Cardinal.

You mayn't have seen it--she's a reserved woman and very shy of her feelings, but she's spoken to me ...

I hope I'm not interfering to say this, but perhaps at first you don't understand her.

She loves you, you're the first human being I do believe that she's ever loved." What was there then in Maggie that started up in rebellion at this unexpected declaration?
She had been sitting there, tranquil, soothed with a happy sense that her new life was developing securely for her in the way that she would have it.


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