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CHAPTER VIILTHE FALLING OF THE SWORD.Stewart Routh left his house in Mayfair at anearly hour on the day following that which hadwitnessedthe eccentric proceedingsancl subsequentresolution of Jim Swain. Things wereprosperingwith him; and the vague dread yvhich hacl fallenon him had been dissipated. Hope and defiancedivided his mind between them. His speculationswereall doing well; therewasmoney to be had —money easytobe realised,onwhich he couldlay hishandatvery shortnotice,anclthere yvas triumphantsuccessful love. So much had hope to feed — onassuredly no insufficient aliment. Defiance reareditself against Fate. <strong>The</strong> time was drawing near,approaching yvith fearfully- rapid strides, whenthe contingency, long contemplated, successfullyeluded for a period beyond his expectation, keptoff by such unlikely accidents and combinations as

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