The Tidal Wave and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
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But he remained square and resolute against the door. "And you'll stay here--you swear to stay here till I come back?" "Yes!" she cried again. He bent to her once more; his gaze possessed her. "And--afterwards?" he said, his voice deep and very low. Her eyes had been raised to his; they closed suddenly and sharply, as if to shut him out. "I will give you--all I have," she said, and shivered, violently, uncontrollably. The next instant his hands were gone from hers, and she was free. Trembling, she sank upon the sofa, hiding her face; and even as she did so the banging of the cottage door told her he was gone. Thereafter she sat crouched for a long, long time in the paralysis of a great fear. CHAPTER IX THE VISION Down on the howling shore the great waves were hurling themselves in |
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