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"Friendship is constant in all other things, / Save in the office and affairs of love; / Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues. / Let ev'ry eye negotiate for itself, / And trust no agent. "
Vane Charteris closed abruptly the book she was reading. She had commenced the quotation scarcely heeding what she read, but the sense dawned upon her as she reached the end. She colored faintly and looked up hurriedly, then gave a sigh of relief. Soothed by the musical monotony of her voice, Stuart had fallen into a doze, and the last words had had no meaning for him.