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" Mrs. Thornton had not told her where
she was going. She believed that Mr.
Thornton did not know. She found it out
afterwards, from a note which she picked
up, and which Mrs. Thornton had dropped.
She read it, yes, she read it, because
and then the witness stopped, and seemed
hardly to like to give her reasons, but at
last, as if feeling that the truth must be
told, went on— " she read it because thij:igs
had been going on in the house, of which
Mr. Thornton, she believed, was perfectly
ignorant, but which had made her uncom-
fortable, and at times inclined to give up
her situation, and she felt curious to see,
when this note came in her way, from Mr.
Audley Dale to Mrs. Thornton, what was
in it. That was the note which told her
where she had gone that afternoon. Should
she read it, or would the coroner like to
have it V
Then she produced the hurried scrawl
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