A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes

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Saltus Edgar. A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes

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THE GRAND DUKE'S RUBIES

A MAID OF MODERN ATHENS

FAUSTA

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At tiffin, that noon, the general was absent. It was usually so, his daughter explained; the duties of the consulate at Siak claimed the clearer hours of the day, and it was only now and then, on high days and festivals, that he permitted himself the surcease of a siesta at home.

"He is indefatigable," she added, and shook her peerless head.

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"Even so, there let it rest."

"I cannot," he insisted; "I love you." As he spoke he started, startled at his own temerity. And as her eyelids drooped he tried to catch her hand again.

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