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Anne had decreed that they should return home; and they returned.
The day after the scene at Rio the girl had faltered out an apology, / and the mother had received it with a silent kiss. After that neither / had alluded to the subject of their midnight talk. Anne was as / solicitous as ever for her mother's comfort and enjoyment, but the / daughter had vanished in the travelling companion. Sometimes, during / those last weary weeks of travel, Kate Clephane wondered if any closer / relation would ever be possible between them. But it was not often that / she dared to look ahead. She felt like a traveller crawling along a / narrow ledge above a precipice; a glance forward or down might plunge / her into the depths.