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"Now that we have finished our secret conversation," said Fuller some time later, when the pair were returning towards the avenue, "I shall call and pay my respects to your uncle."
"I don't think he wants to see you," answered Marie very candidly, "he is quite aware that I love you and wishes to keep us apart."