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$ftnopS: ALETA RETURNS FROM HER
RIDE OVERJOYED TO LEARN THAT
PRINCE VALiANT HAS ARRIVED. BRIGHT
EYED, SHE aKIPS UP THE STEPS BUT
THERE ARE NO WELCOMING ARMS TO
GREET HER
VAL TOO HAS JUST RETURNED FROM
A PERILOUS AND TRAGIC JOURNEY AND
FOUND NO ONE TO GREET HIM. A FEW
LONELY HOURS HAVE ArtADE HIM A BIT
SULKY.
SY THE TIME SHE FINDS HIM ALETA'S
ARDOR HAS COOLfcD CONSIDERABLY.....
AND HIS MILD 'HELLO DOES NOT
HELP MATTERS.
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'I HOPS YOU HAD A N'CEWp'
SHE MURMURS, GOING OVER TO
THE CLOTHES CLOSET.
"pray do not get vp if you
AGS SO TlRED." SHE CONTINUES.
SITTING DOWN TO TAKE OFF
HER RIDING BOOTS.
"NOT TIRED. JUST BORED," HE
BLUSTERS. "AFTER THE ADVEN
TURES OF THE ROAD, HOME IS
A DULL PLACE WITH NO CHIL
OPEN TO PLAY WITH, NO WIFE.
TO OFFER COMFORT.
'THEN PIDE OFF
TRIP WHY DON
SNAPS, DUSTING
VIGOROUSLY.
ON ANOTHER
r you r she
OFF HER BOOTS
VAL LEAPS ANGRILY TO HIS FEET. ALETA
STANDS HER GROUND, EVEN MOVES A
STEP CLOSER CLOSER. VERY DEUBER-
ATELY SHE FLUTTERS HER LONG LASHES
AT HIM.
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PRINCE ARN RIOTS IN, BREATHLESS
AS USUAL, AND STOPS IN HORROR...
HIS MOTHER IS BEING CRUSHED TO
DEATH !
'SOMS DAY. MOMMIE WILL TEASE MY
SIRE TOO MUCH AND WILL GET ALC
HER BONES BROKEN. ' HE PROPHE
SIES DARKLY. "BUT SHE SEEMS TO LIKE
IT I ". HE MARVELS, FOR HE TOO
FINDS THE WAYS OF WOMEN PUZZLING.
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