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Chapter Twenty Two

Chapter Twenty/ prev ch. pg. 334-Deirdre turned to look at her shoulder and blushed a fiery shade as she realized that she stood before a priest in only her petticoats. With a belated sense of modesty, she snatched up her jacket. "Figure me, Father. I expected no one." "Your mark," he repeated. "How did it come about?"

Pg. 287 He had used their love as a blind against her inquisitiveness. He had answered her questions with drugging kisses, her inquiries into his daily business with seductive caresses, her pleading to leave for Liscarrol with the tantalizing beguilement of his body's touch.

Part 3: The Return; "A power of faint enchantment doth through their beings breathe."-The Fairy Thorn- Samuel Ferguson

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He had not seen her, she knew, or he would not expose himself so casually to her regard. Always before she had had to endure his harsh scrutiny as she looked upon him.Now, lost in his own reverie, he seemed completely accessible, the quietude of the day reflected in the supple ease of his body. There was something frankly sensual in his easy, relaxed pose, a compelling grace that drew her toward him.

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