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She took it from him and put it away again in the drawer.
"Perhaps we shall both know later on," she said, quietly. "I believe we
shall."
He did not say anything.
"I saw that boy, Ruffo, this afternoon," she said, after a moment of
silence.
"Did you?" said Artois, with a change of tone, a greater animation. "I
forgot to ask Vere about him. I suppose he has been to the island again
while I have been away?"
"Not once. Poor boy, I find he has been ill. He has had fever. He was
out to-day for the first time after it. We met him close to Mergellina.
He was in a boat, but he looked very thin and pulled down. He seemed so
delighted to see me. I was quite touched."
"Hasn't Vere been wondering very much why he did not come again?"
"She has never once mentioned him. Vere is a strange child sometimes."
"But you--haven't you spoken of him to her?"
"No, I don't think so."
"Vere's silence made you silent?"
"I suppose so. I must tell her. She likes the boy very much.


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