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Excerpt: ... RANSOM Marsyas passed up to his room to put his belongings together. The sound of his movements within reached Lydia in her refuge, and, when he came forth, she stood in the gloom of the hall without, awaiting him. Moved with a little fear of her reproach, he went to her, with extended hands. "What have I done?" she whispered. "Thou hast done nothing," he said quickly. "I blame myself for keeping the amulet about me, when I should have destroyed it. But I could not