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But, you see, we were not discussing details that night, or questioning facts: we were trying to disarm him get him not to proceed against you; and for myself, I confess I was so utterly stunned that half my wits had left me." "What is to be done?" "We must endeavour to ascertain where Gordon is," replied Mr. Carr, as he re-enclosed the letter in his pocket-book.
Pending the legal process necessary to do this, the widow made a great parade of her grief and affection for the dead man. She had the body re-enclosed in a new and sumptuous coffin, and removed the same to Berwin Manor, near Bath, where, after a short lapse of time, it was duly placed in the family vault of the Vrains.
Humphreys declined utterly to accept them, telling Ellen that he looked upon her as his own child up to the time that her friends took her out of his hands, and that he owed her more than she owed him. Ellen gave the money, she dared not give the whole message, to Mr. Lindsay. The bills were instantly and haughtily re-enclosed and sent back to America. Still nothing was heard from Mr.
There, examine it, and be so good as to write me a receipt." Silently he complied, and when she had re-enclosed the check and sealed the envelope she placed it in his hand. "Dr. Clingman, is there any other place to which small-pox cases can be carried? To-day I have discovered some symptoms of the disease in my own system, and I feel assured I shall be ill before this time to-morrow."
He hurriedly took out the re-enclosed bills, with a flushed cheek, and read as follows: "I cannot be mistaken in recognizing the proud and high-minded Constantine in the lines I hold in my hand.
"I believe you," returned Thaddeus, drawing an agonizing sigh at the dreadful picture which the last sentence recalled. "I believe you; though at the time of which I speak, I thought otherwise, for both my last letters were re-enclosed to me in a blank cover, directed as if by your hand, and brought by a servant, with a message that there was no answer."
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