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Hemmed in by a compact little group of soldiers at the foot of the stairs, and with three men on guard at the head of it, Bathurst and Patience had but a few minutes in which to live these last brief moments of their love.
She clung passionately to him, throwing aside all the haughty reserve of her own proud nature: conquered by her great love: