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To herself, Olivia Merkell, Olivia Carteret, the stigma of base birth would have meant social ostracism, social ruin, the averted face, the finger of pity or of scorn. All the traditional weight of public disapproval would have fallen upon her as the unhappy fruit of an unblessed union. To this other woman it could have had no such significance, it had been the lot of her race.
A moment later there was a loud scream. Returning quickly to the hall, I entered Mr. Merkell's room as though just arrived. "'How is Mr. Merkell? I demanded, as I crossed the threshold. "'He is dead, sobbed the woman, without lifting her head, she had fallen on her knees by the bedside. She had good cause to weep, for my time had come. "'Get up, I said. 'You have no right here. You pollute Mr.
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