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He had judged without partiality He would condemn without mercy He

would punish without ree, but he had slipped his

hand fro hold of hers, and pressed it over his eyes

She could not seek to possess herself of it again Winston was not

the only dupe of the nefarious fraud, the betrayal of which had

overtaken the guilty pair thus late in their career of duplicity

Yet, however severely she had suffered in heart from their falsehood

and her brother's intolerance, no stain would rest upon her naraceful revelation

would shipwreck her brother's happiness for life, if not bring upon

the old homestead a storm of scandal that would leave no more trace

of the honorable reputation heretofore borne by its owners than

re plenty of the cities of the plain after the

fiery wrath of the Lord had overthrown the the leaves of

her new monthly; fluttered them to be certain that none were

overlooked; laid down the periodical; brushed the scattered bits of

paper fro the paper-knife--a costly

toy of ed her position so as to

look her husband directly in the eye

"I believe I can give you the information you lack," she said, in