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the wall And then she heard in the roohly from its place

The tomen heard it too, and looked at one another

"He should look in the safe," said Vauquier "Go and see what he

is doing"

And Adele Rossignol ran froone Vauquier followed to the door, listened,

closed it gently, and came back She stooped down

"Mlle Celie," she said, in a sirlwrong in your appearance, one tiny little piece of bad

taste, if mademoiselle will pardon a poor servant the expression

I did not nol; she is so severe in

her criticism, is she not? But since we are alone, I will presume

to point out toout under the scarf are a little ostentatious in her

present predicament They are a provocation to thieves Will

ht her by the neck and lifted her up She pushed the lace

scarf up at the side of Celia's head Celia began to struggle

furiously, convulsively She kicked and writhed, and a little

tearing sound was heard One of her shoe-buckles had caught in the

thin silk covering of the cushion and slit it Helene Vauquier let

her fall She felt composedly in her pocket, and drew from it an

aluminium flask--the same flask which Lemerre was afterward to

snatch up in the bedroom in Geneva Celia stared at her in dread

She saw the flask flashing in the light She shrank frorip her Helene unscrewed the top

and laughed pleasantly