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The Upas Tree

CHAPTER VIII
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I daren't not tell you before you arrive.

I sometimes feel as if I had done something wrong! Tell me, directly you take me in your arms, that I did right, and that you are glad.

I am down, as usual, now, and baby is quite well." Aubrey's hands shook as he folded the thin paper, opened a drawer, pushed the letter far into it, and locked the drawer.
Then, with set face, he turned to his own letter to Ronald West's wife.
"My own Beloved-- "Yes, I call you so still, because you _were_ mine, and _are_ mine.

You threw me over, giving me no chance to prove that my love for you had made me worthy--that I would have been worthy.

You sent me into outer darkness, where there was wailing and gnashing of teeth; where the worm of remorse dies--never.


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