Excerpt: ...denial is a true one." "And proofs we have!" It was Guy Pollard who spoke this time, and with an icy self- possession that made her shiver in spite of herself. "Proofs?" she repeated. "That we were not near the mill the night before Mr. Barrows was found. We were both out of town, and did not return till about the time the accident was discovered." "Ah!" was her single sarcastic rejoinder; but I saw-we all saw- that the blow had told, bravely as she tried to hide it. "You, can make nothing by accusing us of this ...
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Excerpt: ...denial is a true one." "And proofs we have!" It was Guy Pollard who spoke this time, and with an icy self- possession that made her shiver in spite of herself. "Proofs?" she repeated. "That we were not near the mill the night before Mr. Barrows was found. We were both out of town, and did not return till about the time the accident was discovered." "Ah!" was her single sarcastic rejoinder; but I saw-we all saw- that the blow had told, bravely as she tried to hide it. "You, can make nothing by accusing us of this crime," he continued; "and if I might play the part of a friend to you, I would advise you not to attempt it." And his cold eye rested for a moment on hers before he turned and walked away to the other end of the room. The look, the action, was full of contempt, but she did not seem to feel it. Following him with her gaze for a minute, she murmured, quietly: "We will see"; then turning her look upon Dwight and myself, added slowly: "I think you are effectually separated at all events," and was gone almost without our realizing how or where. I did not linger long behind. What I said or what they said I cannot remember. I only know that in a few minutes I too was flying along the highway, eager for the refuge which my solitary home offered me. Events had rushed upon me too thickly and too fast. I felt ill as I passed the threshold of my room, and was barely conscious when a few hours later the landlady came in to see why I had not made my appearance at the supper-table. XIV. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters, my Lord. -HAMLET. My illness, though severe, was not of long continuance. In a week I was able to be about my room; and in a fortnight I was allowed to read the letters that had come to me. There were two, either of them calculated to awaken dangerous emotions; and, taken together, making a draft on my powers which my newly gained health found it hard to sustain. The one was signed Rhoda Colwell, and the...
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