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Ce livre historique peut contenir de nombreuses coquilles et du texte manquant. Les acheteurs peuvent generalement telecharger une copie gratuite scannee du livre original (sans les coquilles) aupres de l'editeur. Non reference. Non illustre. 1912 edition. Extrait: ...died away as they disappeared round the rocks to the left. The plash of their oars came fainter and fainter for a few moments and then ceased. Katharine stood upright, shook her skirt free of the pebbles she had collected in her lap, picked up her basket and book, and turned to go. From the road behind the shore came a series of short, sharp barks. Surely, she thought, that was not a sheep dog. The next moment a wildly excited little white ball came tumbling down the slope, and was followed a moment later by a man in gray, walking rapidly towards her. As soon as she caught sight of the outline of his figure against the sky, she stopped suddenly. For a moment a darkness came before her eyes, and her knees trembled. The little dog jumped wildly about her, but she did not heed him. The man came nearer. As he came he raised his hat and just spoke her name in a low voice: "Katharine!" When she heard his voice, she started forward and her lips parted. But no sound came from them. They only trembled a little. "Katharine!" he said again, hoarsely, putting out his hands. She came two steps nearer and, stretching out both her own, she laid them in his, and stood before him, her head bent so low that her face was hidden. The man's face flushed. "No," he said, almost roughly, "no, don't do that. Look at me. For God's sake, look at me, Katharine." She raised her head, and their eyes met. "I have come, you see, as soon as you sent for me, though--if you remember--I swore I would never see you again. Tell me now, if you can, what made you say what you did to me at that awful time? It was a brutal thing to say to a man, Katharine." "Jim," and she disengaged one hand to wipe her eyes clear of the tears...