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Some weeks had now passed since Bevil Goring last saw Alison Cheyne -- weeks that seemed as ages to him!
If weeks seem interminable when a pair of hopeful lovers are thus separated and can count to a day when they shall meet again, absence 'making their hearts grow fonder,' what must they seem to those who are hopelessly apart and kept in utter ignorance of each other's movements, thoughts, and plans!