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Agnes Ebbsmith and Lucas Cleeve met in Rome, where she nursed her
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Agnes rises.
LUCAS: Oh, my dear girl--!
AGNES: (Throwing her cigarette under the stove) I’m quite myself again, Lucas dear. Watch me--look! (Walking firmly)
LUCAS: No trembling?
AGNES: Not a flutter. (Watching her open hand) My hand is absolutely steady. (He takes her hand and kisses it upon the palm.) Ah!--
LUCAS: (Looking at her hand) No, it is shaking.
AGNES: Yes, when you--when you--oh, Lucas!-- (She inks into a chair, turning her back upon him, and covering her face with her hands; her shoulders heaving.)
LUCAS: (Going to her) Agnes dear!
AGNES: (Taking out her handkerchief) Let me--let me--
LUCAS: (Bending over her) I’ve never seen you--
AGNES: No, I’ve never been a crying woman. But some great change has befallen me, I believe. What is it? That swoon--it wasn’t mere faintness,
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