"I have felt that too, Gordon King," said the girl. "I cannot understand it, but it is so. However, you are wrong in one respect."
"And what is that?" he asked.
"You said that we had nothing in common. We have."
"What is it?" demanded King.
Fou-tan shuddered. "The leprosy," she said. "He touched us both. We shall both have it."
Gordon King laughed. "We shall never contract leprosy from Lodivarman," he said. "I am a doctor. I know."
"Why shall we not?" she demanded.
"Because Lodivarman is not a leper," replied the American.
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