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CHAPTER II.A FIRST APPEAL." STEWART," said Harriet Routh to her husbandin a tone of calm, self-possessed inquiry, on thefollowing day, "what has happened? What occurredyesterday, which you had not the courageto face, and deprived yourself of the power oftelling me ?"As Harriet asked him this question, she unconsciouslyassumed her former manner. Somethingtold her that the cause of Routh's conduct,and of the distress of mind which she read inhis face, was not connected w-ith the subjectthat was torturing her. Anything apart fromthat, any misfortune, any calamity even, mightdraw them together again;might teach him anewhis need of her, her worth to him — she felt somealarm, but it was strangely mingled with satisfaction.<strong>The</strong> sharp agony she had endured had

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