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But Mary herself began to be one through, than she had been by the reality--questioning

those acts of hers which had come imperatively and excluded all

question in the critical moment

Presently the dry wood sent out a flame which illuminated every

crevice, and Mary saw that the oldquietly with his head

turned a little on one side She went towards hiht that his face looked strangely motionless; but the

nextitself to all

objectsof her heart rendered

her perceptions so doubtful that even when she touched hi, she could not trust her conclusions She went to

theand gently propped aside the curtain and blind, so that the

still light of the sky fell on the bed

The next etically In a

very little while there was no longer any doubt that Peter Featherstone

was dead, with his right hand clasping the keys, and his left hand

lying on the heap of notes and gold