`` Yes -- in the fall . I have my own living to earn , you know . I am very poor . Uncle and Aunt are very kind , but I can not consent to burden them any longer than I can help . '' A sigh that was almost a moan broke from Esterbrook Elliott 's lips . `` You must not go away , Magdalen . You must stay here -- with me ! '' `` You forget yourself , '' she said proudly . `` How dare you speak to me so ? Have you forgotten Miss Lesley ? Or are you a traitor to us both ? '' Esterbrook made no answer . He bowed his pale , miserable face before her , self-condemned . The breast of the bay sparkled with its countless gems like the breast of a fair woman . The shores were purple and amethystine in the distance . Far out , bluish , phantom-like sails clustered against the pallid horizon . The dory danced like a feather over the ripples . They were close under the shadow of Chapel Point . * * * * * Marian Lesley waited in vain for her lover that afternoon . When he came at last in the odorous dusk of the June night she met him on the acacia-shadowed verandah with cold sweetness .
Perhaps some subtle woman-instinct whispered to her where and how he had spent the afternoon , XXXXX she offered him no kiss , nor did she ask him why he had failed to come sooner .
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