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of his condition, would not lift a finger or take a step to save his

life, or to prolong it for an hour!"

Then, in response to Mabel's indignant reply--the uorous orbs, and vibrating in her

accents, in adding--"There are women in whose hearts the monument

to departed affection is a hatred that can never die"

If thisto fear, why

her extraordinary agitation at seeing hih

the ? She nize hilimpse Perhaps she had believed him

dead, until then! This would account for her clandestine visit to

his chaone, without

effort at conceal upon her scrutiny of his features

"Iher hand to her head

"There does not live the woman, however wicked and hypocritical, who

could sit at ease in the ht, and talk ss, if she suspected that one

she had known,in wretchedness and

solitude so near her"

The vagrant was some evil-disposed spy, whose person Clara knew, and

whose intentions she had reason to dread were unfriendly Had she

dared--for she was daring--to atteainst

the fair faentleman, her family

would not have become her accomplices They could not have blinded

themselves to the perils of the enterprise, the extreme

probabilities of detection, the consequences of Winston's anger

Herbert, at least, would have forbidden the unlawful deceit When