She felt frozen--passionless.
"Do you mean--do you mean that Adrienne, your name, everything, is all part of--of what you can't tell me?
Part of--the shadow ?" He was silent a moment.

Then he answered steadily:-- "Yes.

That much I may tell you." She put up her hand and pushed back her hair impatiently from her forehead.
"I can't understand it.

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