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I wished to see
you two together."
Orsino stopped in his walk, after the manner of Italians, and he looked
at Spicca. He was hot tempered when provoked, and he might have resented
the speech if it had come from any other man. But he spoke quietly.
"Why do you wish to see us together?" he asked.
"Because I am foolish enough to think sometimes that you suit one
another, and might love one another."
Probably nothing which Spicca could have said could have surprised
Orsino more than such a plain statement. He grew suspicious at once, but
Spicca's look was that of a man in earnest.
"I do not think I understand you," answered Orsino. "But I think you are
touching a subject which is better left alone."
"I think not," returned Spicca unmoved.
"Then let us agree to differ," said Orsino a little more warmly.
"We cannot do that. I am in a position to make you agree with me, and I
will. I am responsible for that lady's happiness. I am responsible
before God and man."
Something in the words made a deep impression upon Orsino.


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