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198 BLACK SHEEP.named in the memorandum of yvhich George hadsent her a copy, yvere simply shares in companiesyvith everyone of which Stewart Routh yvas connected.Only George's ignorance of such mattershad prevented his recognising the meaning of thememorandum.Ancl now Harriet rose;ancl as shepaced theroom, the colour came back to her cheek, thelight came back to her eyes. A new life andfresh energy seemed to spring up within her, anclshe grasped George's letter in her hand, andstruck it against her bosom with an action of thehand and a responsive movement of the breastwhich was almost triumphant. This thing whichshe had clone, which had looked like ruin, wouldbe her wayof escape.Routh's refusal to return home immediatelyannoyed, puzzled, and disheartened her. Whyyvas he so hard to move, so difficult to convince,so insensible to clanger ?His plea was business;if this business yvas what she hoped ancl believedit to be, that ofpreparation, he should have comehome to learn the new and urgent need for itsexpedition. Why was he so hard to her ? Why

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