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"No?"
The spirit of Paris--or perhaps the June suns.h.i.+ne--was in my veins, running riot, clamorous, not to be repressed.
"Certainly not. There might be another, for instance, with you and me as the princ.i.p.als."
I dared not look at her; I could only stare ahead of me down at the water.
She made no sign; the moments pa.s.sed.
"Might be," I said desperately. "But there's a wide abyss between the possible and the actual."
Still no sign; I had offended her--I might have known!
But I mustered courage to steal a sidelong glance at her.
She was smiling down at the water, and her eyes were very bright.
"Not always," she whispered. "Not always."
