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One night, about a fortnight after Maitland's change of abode, I found Alice in a terrible state of excitement upon my arrival home She met me at the door, and said Gwen needed my attention at once I did not stop to hear further particulars, but hastened to the sitting-rooe She was in a stupor from which it seemed impossible to arouse her In vain I tried to attract her attention Her fixed, staring eyes looked through lass I saw she had received a severe shock, and so, after giving her some medicine, I took Alice aside and asked her what had happened She said that Gwen and she had been sitting sewing by theall the afternoon, and talking about Maitland's recent discoveries At about five o'clock the Evening Herald was brought in as usual She, Alice, had picked it up to glance over the nehen, in the colu: "The Darrow Mystery Solved!" This she had read aloud, without thinking of the shock the unexpected announceive Ghen the sudden pallor that had overspread the young woht her to her senses, and she had paused Her companion, however, had seized the paper when she had hesitated and, in a fever of excitement, had read in a half-audible voice: John Darroasdebt the motive for the crime --Extraordinary work of a French detective!--The net-But at this juncture the paper had dropped from Gwen's hands, and she had fallen upon the floor before Alice could reach her