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From the Housetops

CHAPTER XIII
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Would you marry him again if he were to come to you,--now ?" "Do you mean, would I live with him again ?" "You couldn't do that without marrying him, you know." "I am already married to him in the sight of God," said she, stubbornly.
"Good Lord! Would you go back to him without a ceremony of--" "If I made up my mind to live with him, yes." "Oh, I see.

And may I inquire just what your state of mind would be if he came to you to-morrow ?" "You have got me cornered, Simmy," she said, her lip trembling.

There was a hunted look in her eyes.

"I--I don't know what I should do.

I want him, Simmy,--I want my man, my husband, but to be perfectly honest with you, I don't believe he has sunk low enough yet for me to claim the complete victory I desire." "Victory ?" gasped Simmy.


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