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Chapter 74

           Inthatshortdriveherdreadgatheredsomuchforcefromthesenseofdarkness,thatwhensheenteredtheprivatecounting-housewhereherbrothersatathisdesk,herkneestrembledandherusuallyfloridfacewasdeathlypale.Somethingofthesameeffectwasproducedinhimbythesightofher:herosefromhisseattomeether,tookherbythehand,andsaid,withhisimpulsiverashness

           "Godhelpyou,Harriet!youknowall."

           Thatmomentwasperhapsworsethananywhichcameafter.Itcontainedthatconcentratedexperiencewhichingreatcrisesofemotionrevealsthebiasofanature,andispropheticoftheultimateactwhichwillendanintermediatestruggle.WithoutthatmemoryofRafflesshemightstillhavethoughtonlyofmonetaryruin,butnowalongwithherbrother’slookandwordstheredartedintohermindtheideaofsomeguiltinherhusbandthen,undertheworkingofterrorcametheimageofherhusbandexposedtodisgraceandthen,afteraninstantofscorchingshameinwhichshefeltonlytheeyesoftheworld,withoneleapofherheartshewasathissideinmournfulbutunreproachingfellowshipwithshameandisolation.Allthiswentonwithinherinamereflashoftimewhileshesankintothechair,andraisedhereyestoherbrother,whostoodoverher."Iknownothing,Walter.Whatisit?"shesaid,faintly.

           Hetoldhereverything,veryinartificially,inslowfragments,makingherawarethatthescandalwentmuchbeyondproof,especiallyastotheendofRaffles.

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