"I won't," she promised. There was a smile on her flower-lips and firm resolve in her beautiful eyes. It mounted to Hendrik's head and took away his senses, for he waved his hand at the purple president, said, with a solemnity that thrilled her, "_Pray for your future son-in-law!_" and walked out with the step of a conqueror. And the step visibly gained in majesty as he overheard the music of the spheres:

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