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The Hosts of the Air

CHAPTER XII
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It is raising higher the wall between us and our enemies.

Our fire has burned out in the night, leaving only coals, but there is a huge store of wood in the back part of the lodge." He brought in an armful of billets to find her fanning the coals into a blaze.
"You didn't think, sir," said she, "did you, that I mean to be a guest here, waited upon by you and Suzanne ?" "But Suzanne and I are strong and willing! Don't lean too near that blaze, Julie! You'll set your beautiful hair on fire!" "And so you think my hair beautiful ?" "Very beautiful." "It's not proper for you to say so.

We're not in America." "Nor are we in France, where young girls are surrounded by triple rows of brass or steel.

We're in a snowstorm on top of a high mountain in Austria.

There are no conventions, and Suzanne, your guardian, is in the kitchen." "But I can call her and she'll come." "She'd come, I know, but you won't call her.


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