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must have overheard her talking of it.
There is no trusting Deb. She must gossip
to every one that calls ; and she will not
gossip softly," said Clare. And Mr. Harben
believed her. How could he do anything
else but believe in a woman who certainly
never gossiped, and obeyed his directions
better than any one to whom he had ever
given them. He asked her if her master
had any idea that his wife had come foullj
by her end. Clare said no. To the last
she was determined to make the best fight
she could ; and with that purpose she
added, " I do n't yet believe that he is so
sensible as you think for, sir. He wanders,
at times, in the night. I would n't place
too much faith in anything he says. If he
were quite himself do you think he would
take Mrs. Thornton's death so easily ?"
Mr. Harben himself was of opinion that
his patient's brain was now clear, but he
only saw him twice in the twenty-four hours