[The Tempting of Tavernake by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tempting of Tavernake CHAPTER XXIV 27/32
"You must know that I loved you always, that I adored you.
Oh, you knew it! Don't tell me you didn't. You knew it, Elizabeth!" She looked down at the tablecloth. "Yes, I knew it," she admitted, softly. "Can't you guess what it is to me to see you again like this ?" he continued. She sighed. "It is something for me, too, to feel that I have a friend close at hand." "Come," he said, "they are turning out the lights here.
You want to know about Wenham's property.
Let me come upstairs with you for a little time and I will tell you as much as I can from memory." He paid the bill, helped her on with her cloak.
His fingers seemed like burning spots upon her flesh.
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