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When her father had left her alone Maie lay still, for a time, in deep thought.
"It must be," she reflected, "that our dear David, in spite of my bribes, has sold our secret to my father. For tonight, at least, I have lulled his suspicions. And he will soon be at the gate to admit Kasam; so I fear nothing. But the little David must not be able to annoy me again."