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Show and empty, angered him. The black rocks that frowned above the inn infuriated him as he stared up at them. Everything seemed still to watch his impotence, to observe the failure of his desires. But as yet he could do nothing. He must wait until the landlord and his wife had gone to bed. Another hour and, if she had not come to him, he would go to her. He moved away from the fence and went out onto the white road. There he strolled softly up and down, up and down. Above him the deep-purple sky began to grow bright with silver. Surely she would come with the moon! In her bedroom Lady Wyverne was sitting in a hard arm-chair which she pulled away from the window. had been putting some things into trunk. She was devoured by a restlessness which made it almost impossible for her to still, and the act of packing to back up a resolution which thought she had come to, the tion to see Benchaalal no more. said to herself that her husband JJ might leave her alone, or stay with ·. her, might sleep or wake, be careless 1·•' or watchful. It did not concern her any longer. She had done with her whim. For she had told herself it was a whim. when she crouched down, hiding in the Spahi's cloak, had struck from her mind the caprice which had all ways dominated her. For she had g I only had a caprice for Benchaalal. r;JriJI That she said to herself again and ~ again. She would never risk her ' ' · dignity more. It was over, this "bit · of fun" in the desert, and thank God - it had led to no evil consequences. ~ l• For Crumpet could not know anything. His unexpected return must "3 |