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The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon
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She had scarcely spoken her resolution when the
soft call of the auto-horn echoed below. She stood
irresolute for a moment, and the call was repeated in
plaintive, appealing notes.

She tried to hold fast to her resolutions, but the
impulse to open the window and look out was resistless.
She turned the old-fashioned brass knob, swung her
windows wide on their hinges and leaned out.

His keen eyes were watching. He lifted his cap and
waved. She answered with the flutter of her
handkerchief--and all resolutions were off.

"Of course, I'll go," she cried, with a laugh.
"It's a glorious day--I may never have such a chance
again."



CHAPTER V


WINGS OF STEEL

She threw on her furs and hurried downstairs. Her
surrender was too sudden to realize that she was being
driven by a power that obscured reason and crushed her
will.

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