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"There are topics of which we--your mother, sister, and

brothers--never speak, even to one another You may trust us that

far," rejoined Herbert, emphatically "Nor do I see e can do,

except wait for other proof that Mabel really knows anything beyond

a nae,

repeated, save in her ravings Should she recover, the test can be

easily applied, and we can judge then, how to handle the dilemma"

"Should she recover!" He said the words reluctantly, as loth to

express the doubt

His sister's lips twitched nervously into a sinister smile It was

as if she would have whispered, had she dared, "Heaven forbid!"