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She looked up in astonishment at the sincerity of his tone, her

heart tingling with a new emotion of delicious uncertainty. What

if, after all, he had wanted some one in the way she wanted him?

What if the some one were herself and he had been afraid to

aspire to a woman of her wealth and position? She asked this

without any feeling of conceit, for one who loves always dreams

he sees signs of favor in the one beloved.

"Then you have wanted some one?" All her manner, her voice, her

eyes expressed sympathy. She was the soul of tact and no mean

actress at the same time.

Code, still in the depth of reminiscence and averted happiness,

scarcely heard her, but he answered

"Yes, I have." Then, coming to full realization of the

confession, he colored and laughed uneasily. "But let's not talk

of such personal things any more," he added. "You must think me

very foolish to be mooning about like this."