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When the official was gone, the two stood staring mutely each at
the other through long seconds. What she read in the man's eyes
set the woman's heart to beating with a new delight. A bloom of
exquisite rose grew in the pallor of her cheeks. The misty light
in the violet eyes shone more radiant, yet more softly. The
crimson lips curved to strange tenderness.... What he read in her
eyes set the husband's pulses to bounding. He opened his arms in
an appeal that was a command. Mary went forward slowly, without
hesitation, in a bliss that forgot every sorrow for that blessed
moment, and cast herself on his breast.
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