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"The next afternoon the surgeon probed again, and Brathland died under the ether. The wound after probing looked sufficiently like an ordinary incision to deceive any one. Raglin and Harold Lorcutt who, of course, was told the truth naturally had the body sealed up in lead before taking it north. The old duke and the women of the family are in a fair way to know nothing."
But in a moment a subject was started that entirely diverted his mind and upset the lively tenor of the breakfast-table. "Where is Lorcutt?" asked some one, abruptly, referring to a brother of Lord Brathland, who had lost heavily and cheerfully at Bridge the night before. Isabel's eyes happened to have wandered to the face of the man opposite. To her surprise it became livid.
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