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Only--it's forbidden." "Yes," he assented gravely.

"It's forbidden us.

But now--just this once--let us have a few moments, you and I alone, when there's no need to pretend we don't care--when we can be _ourselves_!" "No--no--" she broke in breathlessly.
"It's not much, to ask--five minutes together out of the whole of life! Roger can't grudge them.