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THE FALLING OF THE SWORD.181<strong>The</strong> joy and triumph in his face hacl givenway to fury;he muttered angry oaths as he torethe note up viciously." All the more reason if the yvorst has come—or is nearer than yve thought — thatIshouldstrike the decisive blow to-day-. She has all butmade up her mind — she must make it quite upto-day. This is Tuesday-;the Asia sails on Saturday.Aletter from Dallas only cannot bringaboutthe final crash:nothing can really-happen till heis here.IfIhave only ordinary luck, we shall beout of harm's yvayby then."A little later Stewart Routh made certainchanges in his dress, very carefully, and departedfrom Tokenhouse-yard in a hansom, looking asunlike a man with any cares, business, or otherkind upon his mind as any gentleman in all"London. Queen' s-gate, Kensington," he saidto the driver; and the last words of the letter,daintily sealed, and written on board-like paper,wliich was in his breast-pocket at that moment,were:"/will waitfor you in the carriage at Queen'sgate."

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