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A Rescue and a Catastrophe

           Ah,howdrearyitseemed,howmiserable,lonelyandprofitless!Shouldshetakelaudanum,andendit,tohavedonewithallhopes,schemes,debts,andtriumphs?TheFrenchmaidfoundherinthispositionsittinginthemidstofhermiserableruinswithclaspedhandsanddryeyes.ThewomanwasheraccompliceandinSteyne’spay."MonDieu,madame,whathashappened?"sheasked.

           Whathadhappened?Wassheguiltyornot?Shesaidnot,butwhocouldtellwhatwastruthwhichcamefromthoselips,orifthatcorruptheartwasinthiscasepure?

           Allherliesandherschemes,anherselfishnessandherwiles,allherwitandgeniushadcometothisbankruptcy.Thewomanclosedthecurtainsand,withsomeentreatyandshowofkindness,persuadedhermistresstoliedownonthebed.ThenshewentbelowandgatheredupthetrinketswhichhadbeenlyingonthefloorsinceRebeccadroppedthemthereatherhusband’sorders,andLordSteynewentaway.

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