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It had at first not been thought grave, but had taken in consequence of complications a turn that might give rise to anxiety. Anxiety had indeed at the latest hour begun to be felt. I was struck in the presence of these tidings with the fundamental detachment that Mrs. Cor-vick's public regret quite failed to conceal: it gave me the measure of her consummate independence.
Vereker thought a moment, but he was not so disconcerted as I had feared: he felt that if the harm was done it only served him right. "It doesn't matter don't worry." "I'll do my best, I promise you, that your talk with me shall go no further." "Very good; do what you can." "In the meantime," I pursued, "George Cor-vick's possession of the tip may, on his part, really lead to something."
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