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Stella put hers into it, but reluctantly, and tried to spring, but her dress caught and she slipped forward. She would have fallen but that he was on the alert to save her. Quite simply and naturally he put his arms round her and lifted her down. Only for a moment he held her in his embrace, her panting form close to his, her face almost resting on his shoulders, but that moment roused the blood in his fiery heart, and her face went pale. "Are you hurt?" he murmured. "No, no!" she said, and she slipped out of his a…