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Brigit's one excuse was her mistaken assumption that her mother had believed Carron's story, and when Lady Kingsmead had shrieked out everything else that she thought might hurt her daughter, she added, "I believed in you, you little brute, though he said he saw you there. I might have known he wouldn't have dared to make up such a tale." Brigit, who had stood quite still, now spoke.
On her own table she found another letter, and to her surprise recognised Carron's writing in the address. With a sudden foreboding of evil, she sat down and opened the letter. It was very long, written in pencil, and began: "Before God, I swear you wronged your mother in thinking she believed what I said about you that day in Pont Street. Before God, I give you my word.
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