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Dene dismounted at once, and greeted her with some surprise. The last few days seemed to have effected a curious change in her. The reserve with which she had treated him was gone. Her eyes, as she raised them to his, were appealing for his sympathy. A slight flush came into her pale cheeks as he touched her fingers.
"I have not seen you," she said, "since--that night."