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STRONG AS DEATH.303Then she draws her shawl closely- round her, andshivers, and goes away. After she has taken afew steps, she falters ancl sway-s a little,but sheleans against the wall,her hands pressedupon herbreast, but quietly-, attracting no attention, untilshe has regained her composure and her breath,and then goes on, along the street, and sointoHolborn.out" She has not been seen or heard of, at hischambers or at home," said Mr. Carruthers to Mr."Felton late that evening.O NothingCT is known ofher. They say she has no friends;Icould notfind out from the servants that she has a singleacquaintance evento yvhose house she could havegone."Mr. Felton yvas infinitely distressed by thisneyvs yvhichMr. Carruthers, whose active bene\jlence,guided by the judgment of others, knew nobounds, brought to his brother-in-law, yvho yvas atlength exhausted,and unable to rise. They hadheard earlyin the afternoon of the death of Routh,and had at oncebeen aroused to the warmest compassionfor Harriet. Clare, having left the un-