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" Love ! " she whispered to herself, panting. Then she remembered that it was wicked to use rouge. LOVE SHE WHISPERED TO HERSELF PANTING THEN SHE REMEMBERED THAT IT WAS WICKED TO USE ROUGE
 go to bed at once." She rose like a whipped child. " I'm sorry," THE OCTAVE OP CLAUDIUS. 35 she said, in a low husky voice ; "I forgot, I know you don't like scenes, and I'm wanting to try very hard to please you in everything. I'm going ; good night, dear." The doctor raised one of her hands and kissed it, and opened the door for her. She passed out. Halfway up the broad staircase that led to her room she paused a moment, thinking. What had he meant by " hasten her day " ? He had said once before that "her day would come." She knew instinc- tivel)^ that it would be useless to ask him, and put the question by with a kind of despair. In her room she stood before the glass, surveying herself. The colour on her cheeks was slightly disordered. She took a sponge and washed it all off. She made up her mind not to use it again. It was of no good for her to try and make herself look pretty any more ; and, even if rouge had given her beauty, that would not have made her husband love her again. SAID THE DOCTOR IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU AND WILL PROBABLY HASTEN YOUR DAY YOU MUST GO TO BED AT ONCE SHE ROSE LIKE A WHIPPED CHILD I'M SORRY SHE SAID IN A LOW HUSKY VOICE I FORGOT I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE SCENES AND I'M WANTING TO TRY VERY HARD TO PLEASE YOU IN EVERYTHING I'M GOING GOOD NIGHT DEAR THE DOCTOR RAISED ONE OF HER HANDS AND KISSED IT AND OPENED THE DOOR FOR HER SHE PASSED OUT HALF WAY UP THE BROAD STAIRCASE THAT LED TO HER ROOM SHE PAUSED A MOMENT THINKING WHAT HAVE HE MEANT BY HASTEN HER DAY HE HAD SAID ONCE BEFORE THAT HER DAY WOULD COME SHE KNEW INSTINCTIVELY THAT IT WOULD BE USELESS TO ASK HIM AND PUT THE QUESTION BY WITH A KIND OF DESPAIR IN HER ROOM SHE STOOD BEFORE THE GLASS SURVEYING HERSELF THE COLOR ON HER CHEEKS WAS SLIGHTLY DISORDERED SHE TOOK A SPONGE AND WASHED IT OFF SHE MADE UP HER MIND NOT TO USE IT AGAIN IT WAS OF NO GOOD FOR HER TO TRY AND MAKE HERSELF LOOK PRETTY ANY MORE AND EVEN IF ROUGE HAD GIVEN HER BEAUTY THAT WOULD NOT HAVE MADE HER HUSBAND LOVE HER AGAIN
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