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Chapter 15
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ButhemustnotbeaddressinghisreflectionstoAnnealone:heknewit;hewassoondiffusedagainamongtheothers,anditwasonlyatintervalsthathecouldreturntoLyme.
Hisenquiries,however,producedatlengthanaccountofthesceneshehadbeenengagedinthere,soonafterhisleavingtheplace.Havingalludedto“anaccident,”hemusthearthewhole.Whenhequestioned,SirWalterandElizabethbegantoquestionalso,butthedifferenceintheirmannerofdoingitcouldnotbeunfelt.ShecouldonlycompareMrElliottoLadyRussell,inthewishofreallycomprehendingwhathadpassed,andinthedegreeofconcernforwhatshemusthavesufferedinwitnessingit.
Hestaidanhourwiththem.Theelegantlittleclockonthemantel-piecehadstruck“elevenwithitssilversounds,”andthewatchmanwasbeginningtobeheardatadistancetellingthesametale,beforeMrElliotoranyofthemseemedtofeelthathehadbeentherelong.
AnnecouldnothavesupposeditpossiblethatherfirsteveninginCamdenPlacecouldhavepassedsowell!
