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284 BLACK SHEEP.this was the night yvhich was to have brought her,with utter despair for herself,rest.Rest of body,yvhich she hacl never so sorely needed, and hadnever felt so impossible of attainment.Her ironstrength and endurance yvere gone now. Heryy-hole frame ached, her nerves thrilled like thestrings of a musical instrument, a terrible interiordistraction and hurry came over her at intervals,and seemed to sweep away her consciousness ofreality- without deadening her sense of suffering.She did not now wonder whether she was goingmad; since she had known the very, very worstof her own fate, that fear had entirely left her.She wondered nowyvhether she yvas dying. Wondered,with some curiosity, but no fear ; wondered,with a vague feeling of the strangeness ofthe irruption of utter nothingness into such achaos of suffering ancl dread as life had become toher.There would be rest, but not the consciousnessofit; she would no more exist. Alittle whileago she would have shrunk from that, becauselove remained to her;but now — If she could butknow the worst, know the truth, knowthat hecouldnot be saved, or that he was safe, she would
STRONG AS DEATH.285not care how soon she ceased to be one of the factsof the universe. Site had never mattered much;she did not much matter now. But these thoughtscrossed her mind vaguely and rarely; for themost part it yvas abandoned to the tumultuousagony of her ignorance and suspense. Still noletter, no message. The time yvore on, andit wasnine o'clock yvhen Harriet heard a ring at thedoor, and aman's voice asking to seeMrs. Routh.It yvas not a voice she knew; and evenwhile sheeagerly hoped the man might have come to herfrom Routh, she trembled at the thought that hemMit be the bearer of a communication fromCTGeorge Dallas, for yvhose silence she had beenthankful, butunable to account.The man was a clerk from Mr. Lowther'soffice, and his " errand was to deliver to Mrs.Routh a letter, on very important business," hesaid, yvhich he had directions to give into her ownhands. He executed his commission, retiredpromptly-, ancl Harriet was left alone to find thesolution of all her doubts, the termination of allher suspense,in Jim Swain's letter.
- Page 242 and 243: 234 BLACK SHEEP.Mrs. Ireton P. Bemb
- Page 244 and 245: 236 BLACK SHEEP.come up with him. B
- Page 246 and 247: 238 BLACK SHEEP.care not; it might
- Page 248 and 249: 240 BLACK SHEEP.she said, with a su
- Page 250 and 251: 242 BLACK SHEEP.Ireton P. Bembridge
- Page 252 and 253: 244 BLACK SHEEP."That is my busines
- Page 254 and 255: 246 BLACK SHEEP.in which she was fo
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- Page 258 and 259: 250 BLACK SHEEP."to the general sen
- Page 260 and 261: 252 BLACK SHEEP.ladies whose carria
- Page 262 and 263: 254 BLACK SHEEP.with a beating hear
- Page 264 and 265: 256 BLACK SHEEP." It's quite true;n
- Page 266 and 267: 258 BLACK SHEEP.r'ous story as —
- Page 268 and 269: 260 BLACK SHEEP.Mr. James Lowther,
- Page 270 and 271: 262 BLACK SHEEP.the wizened mannish
- Page 272 and 273: 264 BLACK SHEEP.told it with circum
- Page 274 and 275: 266 BLACK SHEEP.street but him and
- Page 276 and 277: 268 BLACK SHEEP.knew the other gent
- Page 278 and 279: 270 BLACK SHEEP.said Mr. Lowther; "
- Page 280 and 281: 272 BLACK SHEEP." Ido. It was my so
- Page 282 and 283: 274 BLACK SHEEP." You will lie down
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- Page 286 and 287: 278 BLACK SHEEP.keeping close to th
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- Page 294 and 295: 286 BLACK SHEEP.Tlie approaches to
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- Page 298 and 299: 290 BLACK SHEEP.themselves from the
- Page 300 and 301: 292 BLACK SHEEP.Not Iris wife's,not
- Page 302 and 303: 294 BLACK SHEEP.mitted for trial. A
- Page 304 and 305: 296 BLACK SHEEP.voice,not inthe lea
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STRONG AS DEATH.285not care how soon she ceased to be one of the factsof the universe. Site had never mattered much;she did not much matter now. But these thoughtscrossed her mind vaguely and rarely; for themost part it yvas abandoned to the tumultuousagony of her ignorance and suspense. Still noletter, no message. <strong>The</strong> time yvore on, andit wasnine o'clock yvhen Harriet heard a ring at thedoor, and aman's voice asking to seeMrs. Routh.It yvas not a voice she knew; and evenwhile sheeagerly hoped the man might have come to herfrom Routh, she trembled at the thought that hemMit be the bearer of a communication fromCTGeorge Dallas, for yvhose silence she had beenthankful, butunable to account.<strong>The</strong> man was a clerk from Mr. Lowther'soffice, and his " errand was to deliver to Mrs.Routh a letter, on very important business," hesaid, yvhich he had directions to give into her ownhands. He executed his commission, retiredpromptly-, ancl Harriet was left alone to find thesolution of all her doubts, the termination of allher suspense,in Jim Swain's letter.
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