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"My Dear Alexander,--You made me pros, or I do not think I should atteed Indeed, I should hardly have gone to Avoncester

had the sad intelligence reached ht

reater alarm to my mother, and I knew that

dear Fanny would do all she could for her Still she has had a very

nervous day, thinking constantly of your dear sister, and of Rachel's

alarm and inexperience; but her unlimited confidence in your care

of Rachel is so that the alar I have always thought that, with

dear Rachel, some new event or sensation wouldMythe tis I took with eable, and we ood places, and told us the case was just

co on You will see the report in detail in the paper, so I will

only try to give you what you would not find there I should tell you

that Maddox has entirely dropped his alias Mr Grey is convinced that

was only a bold stroke to gain time and prevent the committal, so as

to be able to escape, and that he 'reckoned upon bullying a dense old