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The dreaded call never came. He began to distrust his messenger. Then one stifling afternoon as he sat dozing in his chair a sharp rap on the study door awakened him with a start. "Master! Master!" called Lalia's voice. "Yes, yes," cried Leighton; "come in." As he rose from his chair Lalia entered. She was breathless with running. "Master," she said, "Shenton did quarrel with us.
For the first time in his life Lewis heard the sobs of a grown man, and instinctively knew himself the possessor of a secret thing a thing that must never be told. At the house, alarmed by Natalie's incoherent, excited chatter and Lalia's stubborn silence, Mrs. Leighton waited in suspense. Leighton entered with his burden and laid it down. Then he turned. She saw his face.
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