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staring out at the sunlit scene ; then 

 she turned suddenly to her mother, 

 and with unwonted vehemence ex- 

 claimed, ^^ I've been a fool. I can- 

 not help it. I have let myself fall in 

 love. I never thought about it — I 



never foresaw it. And now " she 



paused, looking out again across the 

 sea of yellow grass. 



Her mother had laid aside her pen 

 and taken of¥ her glasses, scarcely 

 surprised, but beaming, anxious to 

 hear more. "Well, my dear, and 

 why not ? I have long seen how he 

 admires you. And as for not leaving 

 India — that would be about the first 

 thing you would do. He has told 

 me how he wants to retire from the 

 army as soon as he can get a good 

 excuse — to go and live in his own 

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