He leaned impulsively toward her.
She pushed his face away with her free hand.
"No--no! Wait till I'm through! We've always known we weren't like
other Tawnleytown folk, haven't we, dear? We've always said that we
wanted more out of life than they--that we wouldn't be content with
half a loaf--that we wanted the bravest adventures, the yellowest
gold, the finest emotions, the greater power! And if now ...
"See those fights down there--so few--and so faint. We can't live
our lives there. Seventy-five dollars a month in the bank for
you--and dull, deadly monotony for both of us--no dreams--no
adventures--nothing big and fine! We can't be content with that! Why
don't you go, John?
"Don't mind me--don't let me keep you--for as soon as you've won,
you can come back to me--and then--we'll see the world together!"
"Janet--Janet!" said Harber, with pounding heart. "How do you
know--that I'll win?"
"Ah," she said strangely, "I know! You can't fail--_I won't let you
fail_"!
Harber caught her suddenly in his arms and kissed her as if it were
to be his last token of her.
"I'm going then!" he whispered. "I'm going!"
"When?"
"There's no time to be lost!" he said, thinking fast. "If I had
known that you were willing, that you would wait--if .
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