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"I am going to ask you a question, dearest; I fear it is a painful one, but I think it ought to be put."
It was Austin Wingate who spoke. He had dined with Sheila at Chesterfield Street, and after dinner the lovers had gone to her own sitting-room, which was on the first floor.