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"I understand better than you under- stand Romanism. I must confess that I met you to- night, but Father Abella is too discreet to ask for more. It is such blessed memories that feed the soul, and they would fly away on a whisper. " XX THE next morning Father Abella rode over to the Presidio and was closeted for an hour with the Com- mandante and the Governor. Then the three rode down to the beach, entered a canoe, and paddled out to the Juno. Rezanov met them on deck with a gravity as signific...ant as their own, but led them at once to the cabin where wine, and the cigarettes for which alone they would have counselled the treaty, awaited them. The quartette pledged each other in an embarrassed silence, disposed of a moment more with obdurate matches. Don Jose inhaled audibly, then lifted his eyes and met the veiled and steady gaze of the Russian. "Seiior, " he said, "I have come to tell you that I consent to your marriage with my daughter. " ' ' Thank you, ' ' said Rezanov. And their hands clasped across the table.
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