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AS Fetherston sat there, still chatting with his well-beloved, he felt a hatred of himself for being thus compelled to deceive her -- to withhold from her the hideous truth of Paul's arrest.
After all, silence was best. If Walter spoke to the girl before him, then he must of necessity reveal his own connection with the affair. He knew she had been puzzled by his presence in France, but his explanation, he hoped, had been sufficient. He had assured her that the _only_ motive of his journey had been to be near her, which was, indeed, no untruth.