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Clementina

CHAPTER XVII
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I have often changed my mind.

I take some pride in it on occasion." Her Highness inclined to a greater graciousness.
"I am glad to know it.

You shall give me examples.

One may have a stiff neck and yet no cause for pride." Wogan looked so woe-begone under this reproof that Clementina suddenly broke out into a laugh, and so showed herself in a fresh and more familiar mood.

The good-humour continued; she sat opposite to Mr.Wogan; if she moved, her hand, her knee, her foot, must needs touch his; she made him tell her stories of his campaigns; and so the evening came upon them,--an evening of stars and mysterious quiet and a clear, dark sky.
They passed Roveredo; they drew near to Ala, the last village in the Emperor's territories.


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