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The Secret Passage

CHAPTER XXI
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"Cuthbert, do not leave me!" she cried in anguish.
"I must leave you.

I was foolish to come.

But you know now, that if you move in this matter I can move too.

I doubt very much, madam, if your past life will bear looking into." "You coward!" she moaned.
"I know I am a coward," said Mallow uncomfortably; "it is not my way to threaten a woman--I said that before.

But I love Juliet so much that at any cost I must protect her." "And my love counts for nothing." "I am sorry, Maraquito, but I cannot respond.


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