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"What are you doing here at this hour? " Gabrielle's father demanded slowly, releasing her hand. "Why are you prying into my affairs? " He had not detected Flockart's presence, and believed himself alone with his daughter.
The man's glance again met Gabrielle's, and she saw in his eyes a desperate look. To tell the truth would, she knew, alas! cause the exposure of her secret and her disgrace. On both sides had she suddenly become hemmed in by a deadly peril.