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"About me?" she murmured

"Yes The conversation was about you"

"I wonder if they told you everything"

If she wondered I could do nothing else but wonder too But I did not

tell her that I only smiled The material point was that Captain

Anthony should be told everything But as to that I was very certain

that the good sister would see to it Was there anything more to

disclose--soirl had

been a victiine What struck me most was her--I suppose I must call

it--composure One could not tell whether she understood what she had

done One wondered She was not so much unreadable as blank; and I did

not knohether to adhts as

a passive butt of ferocious misfortune