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addressed to Mr Lloyd Pryor

"I a back,

and she had evidently got control of herself But she hardly noticed

William's farewell, and he had not reached the front door before she

began to pace up and down the parlor

"Well!" said Martha, "was it a brother, or sister? How did she take

it? I suppose you think she found it easier because you broke it to

her I must say, William, flatly and frankly, that I think a nice

woman would rather have a woman near her when she is in trouble, than

ato remain Well!

what relation was this F? A cousin?"

"Why, I don't know," the doctor confessed blankly; "she didn't say,

and it never occurred to