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often, I would even entertain a plea for her eventual forgiveness and
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restoration to the Atrean house.
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Accordingly I drew myself up
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to discharge her objection--
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whereupon she gave over cleaning her nails and set to drumming them on one knee.
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"Let your repentance salt my shoe leather," I said presently,
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"and then, as I lately sheathed my blade of anger,
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so sheath you my blade of love."
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"I only just came aboard," she replied.
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"I haven't unpacked yet."
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"With a roar I went up the companionway, dashed stern to stem,
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close-hauled the main, flogged a smile from my navigator,