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`` In a few moments , dear , I am on something that interests me , '' she said , without raising her eyes from the paper . `` And I , '' said Trevalyon , `` am forgetting a friend in my apartments ; lonely and alone in a strange place . '' `` Your friend , '' said Vaura , with a swift thought to the hidden wife , `` must think you the extreme of fashionable to receive at the witching hour of midnight . '' `` My friend does not care whether I be fashionable , but worships me , and would be with me morning , noon and night . '' `` You speak as if you believe , '' she said , veiling her eyes , and idly picking off the leaves of the roses . `` Yes , past doubting ; not being a Christian , I am the only god my friend worships . '' `` Women have spoiled you , Capt. Trevalyon ; you boast of our idolatry . ''