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`` And leave me with no hope ? '' he exclaimed , kissing her gloved hands . She did not answer , but gently shook her head , then , as he looked pleadingly at her , she said , `` Listen . If you will promise to make no demands on me and to be good , I will come here night after next at nine o'clock . '' He promised whatever she wished . And as he raised his head from her hands and as his lips brushed lightly over her breast , which seemed to tighten , she disengaged her hands , caught his nervously , and , clenching her teeth , offered her neck to his lips . Then she fled .