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"I shall tell him myself."
"Oh! Then, after all your fine words of renunciation, you will see him
again! Your reform is soon ended. Well, my girl, there is really no
necessity for any such sacrifice on your part. No one here suspects
anything regarding our little affair excepting you and me. You do what
I desire with this Winston, and I 'm mum. What do you say?"
She sank back into a chair, utterly unable to stand longer, hiding her
face in her hands.
"What--what is it you wish?" she questioned wearily.
He leaned forward and placed his hand, almost in caress, upon her
skirt, but she drew the cloth hastily away, a sudden sob shaking her
voice.
"Oh, please, don't touch me! I cannot stand it--only tell me what it
is you wish."
"I want you to exercise your influence over that fellow, and prevent
his taking professional employment at the 'Little Yankee' mine."
"Why?" she lifted her head again, facing him with questioning eyes.
"Simply because his doing so will interfere seriously with some of my
business plans--that's all.


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