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"What good could that do?" Hugh asked. "My dear girl, you must realise that you are proposing something very serious."
A sigh broke from Alice's lips. With all her quickness, Alice had not grasped the situation yet. All the same, Hugh Grenfell was very real. He was terribly drawn and thin, and his face wore a hard, hunted look, while that horrible drab uniform brought the tears to Alice's eyes. The mere look of it seemed to take the warmth out of the sunshine and to depress Alice, till she wept bitterly.