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She laid her hands softly on his, and, stooping down, pressed her

lips to his forehead.

"Eugene, once I feared that you had fallen even below my pity; but

now I believe you will redeem yourself. I hope that, thoroughly

reformed, you will command the respect of all who know you and

realize the proud aspirations I once indulged for you. That you can

do this I feel assured; that you will, I do most sincerely trust. I

have not yet lost faith in you, Eugene. I hope still."

She left him to ponder in solitude the humiliating result of his

course of dissipation.