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this¡¡child¡¡had¡¡been¡¡substituted¡¡for¡¡hers¡¡by¡¡one¡¡of¡¡the¡¡Russian's

confederates£»¡¡and¡¡that¡¡even¡¡now¡¡her¡¡son¡¡might¡¡be¡¡safe

with¡¡friends¡¡in¡¡London£»¡¡where¡¡there¡¡were¡¡many£»¡¡both¡¡able

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arms¡¡that¡¡night¡¡upon¡¡the¡¡Kincaid¡¡was¡¡not¡¡her¡¡own£»¡¡and¡¡it¡¡had

been¡¡a¡¡constant¡¡and¡¡gnawing¡¡source¡¡of¡¡happiness¡¡to¡¡her¡¡to

dream¡¡the¡¡whole¡¡fantasy¡¡through¡¡in¡¡its¡¡every¡¡detail¡£



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a¡¡desire¡¡to¡¡succour¡¡her¡¡who¡¡knew¡¡where¡¡she¡¡might¡¡be¡¡found¡£



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could¡¡harm¡¡her¡¡further¡£



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had¡¡come£»¡¡and¡¡she¡¡faced¡¡the¡¡fearful¡¡reality¡¡of¡¡choosing¡¡between

the¡¡final¡¡alternativesNikolas¡¡Rokoff¡¡on¡¡one¡¡hand¡¡and

self¡­destruction¡¡upon¡¡the¡¡other¡£



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What¡¡wrong¡¡have¡¡I¡¡ever¡¡done¡¡you¡¡that¡¡you¡¡should¡¡persist

in¡¡persecuting¡¡me£¿¡¨



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return¡¡with¡¡me¡¡at¡¡once¡¡to¡¡my¡¡own¡¡camp¡£¡¡¡¡Tomorrow¡¡I¡¡shall

bring¡¡you¡¡back¡¡and¡¡turn¡¡you¡¡over¡¡to¡¡your¡¡new¡¡husbandthe

lovely¡¡M'ganwazam¡£¡¡¡¡Come£¡¡¨



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talked¡¡with¡¡the¡¡savage¡¡a¡¡few¡¡minutes¡¡before¡¡the¡¡chief¡¡had

come¡¡to¡¡her¡¡with¡¡his¡¡tale¡£



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conversation¡¡which¡¡she¡¡could¡¡translate¡¡she¡¡gleaned¡¡that¡¡there

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interior¡¡of¡¡the¡¡tent£»¡¡taking¡¡in¡¡every¡¡detail¡¡of¡¡its¡¡equipment

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