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Elizabeth's Pretenders
"Oh yes, I forgive you. Indeed, there is nothing to forgive. I am sorry you took the trouble to come here. That is all."
"I shall obey you, and go away. Some day———"
"We shall meet on friendly terms in England. Good-bye."
He looked wistfully into her face as they shook hands; but there was no softening, no relenting. She was no longer the Elizabeth Shaw of three months ago to him.
And so they parted.