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We came to entreat you, not to command. Perhaps he would even rather condone the sin of adultery than let them think he could not keep the loyalty of a young woman. She devoured the business pages of a dozen periodicals and ofThe New York Times. Why was she tremblingthis way, Laura approached herself.

And so she welcomed Gorlois calmly, with food and a bath and clean dry clothes, and only pleasant words. Iris had changed tothe chemise and was trailing barefoot into the kitchen. God will bless you for this, Ania Fischbein told Iris as the groupprepared to depart. She had come to Magnolia from Columbus.