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"Not the Queen, but the woman, Ma Rim[=o]n, and as a woman loves to be answered. And now the woman shall speak. NOT THE QUEEN BUT THE WOMAN MARI AND AS A WOMAN LOVES TO BE ANSWERED AND NOW THE WOMAN SHALL SPEAK
 happiness." She shivered as he spoke, not with cold, for the breath of that perfect night was well nigh as soft as her touch and as warm as her own breath. She turned swiftly and laid her hand on his shoulder. Her touch was as light as the falling of the rose-leaves in the gardens of Sais, yet he trembled under it, and his face, which had been as pale as her own before, flushed darkly red as she looked into his eyes. "You--yes, you, Ma-Rim[=o]n, you too love me, do you not--truly? The stars are the eyes of the gods: they are looking on you. Tell me, do you love me? Does your blood throb in your veins when I touch you? Does your heart beat quicker when you come near me? Are your ears keener for my voice than for that of any other woman--tell me?" His hands went up and clasped hers as they lay on his shoulders. He took her right hand and pressed it to his heart, and laid her left hand on his cheek. Then he let them fall. He stepped back, bowed his head, and said: "The Queen is answered!  AND AMENHA HIS MURDERERS AND THE DESTROYERS OF HIS PROMISED HAPPINESS SHE SHIVERED AS SHE SPOKE NOT WITH COLD FOR THE BREATH OF THAT PERFECT NIGHT WAS WELL NIGH AS SOFT AS HER TOUCH AS WARM AS HER OWN BREATH SHE TURNED SWIFTLY AND LAID HER HAND ON HIS SHOULDER HER TOUCH WAS AS LIGHT AS THE FALLING OF ROSE LEAVES AND A GARDEN OF SEES YET HE TREMBLED UNDER IT AND HIS FACE WHICH HAD BEEN AS PALE AS HER OWN BEFORE FLUSHED DARKLY RED AS SHE LOOKED INTO HIS EYES YOU YES YOU MARIA YOU TOO LOVE ME DO YOU NOT TRULY THE STARS ARE THE EYES OF THE GODS THEY ARE LOOKING ON YOU TELL ME DO YOU LOVE ME DOES YOUR BLOOD THROB IN YOUR VEINS WHEN I TOUCH YOU DOES YOUR HEART BE QUICKER WHEN YOU COME NEAR ME ARE YOUR EARS KEENER FOR MY VOICE THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER WOMAN TELL ME HIS HANDS WENT UP AND CLASPED HERS AS IT LAY ON HIS SHOULDERS HE TOOK HER RIGHT HAND AND PRESSED IT TO HIS HEART AND LAID HER LEFT HAND ON HIS CHEEK THEN HE LET THEM FALL HE STEPPED BACK BOWED HIS HEAD AND SAID THE QUEEN IS ANSWERED
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