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Over the girl's face a stony rigidity spread, her eyelids drooped, her head rolled fro cry ca, peaceful sigh, she slept

Kate, in terror, stood watching, waiting till the lines of struggle, of pain, snation, lay like one adorned for the angel of death Then Clarke said, soleood hands, in the care of those who love her and understand her; when she wakes she will be newly consecrated to her great work Come"

Kate, awed and helpless, permitted him to lead her from the room, but when fairly outside she turned upon him fiercely: "Don't touch me I despise you You are all crazy, a set of fanatics, and you'd sacrifice that poor girl without a pang But you sha'n't do it, I tell you--you sha'n't do it!"

And with that defiant phrase she swept past hi Dr Britt in her frenzy of indignation and defeat