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Updated: May 13, 2025

"Heaven help me!" iterated the trembling girl, struggling to shake off Braxley's hand. But she struggled feebly and in vain; and Braxley, in the audacity of his belief that he had frightened her into a more reasonable mood, proceeded the length of throwing an arm around his almost insensible victim. But heaven was not unmindful of the prayer of the desolate and helpless maid.

Robert Montgomery Bird - Nick of the Woods