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of heart lnrt upon her face and the slow tears of sympathy rising to her

eyes as she looks at the unshaven, suspicious and. scowlinanzz

man who has come out unwillingly from his enforced exile to help her.
The two sit and look at each other without words, and as they do so

the man's mind is jerked from his own troubles and away back in him

somewhere there stirs the faint quickening of pity for the girl

before him. Laura. at that moment, as she looks at the man is seized. wit.

a. sudden absolute belief in his innocence. (Er uncle has told her
nothing of the wife's confession), and. almost unconsciously she holds

out her hand to him. This bring the man, scowling to his feet.

 

He is back again in the circle or his own obsession.

He says brusquelyz
"Your uncle wishes me to tales your case. You lave
papers of azwt kind?"
Laure nods mutely.
She goes silently to the desk and takes out the lettrs
of Gmmbe-rs and hands them to Halt. As she looks at them, hsf
agony again sweeps over her, and she  m wrings her thin
little hands and rocks Inrself in tearless anguish. Holt regards
her silently a. moment and tlnn he says;
"It will be better to g) over this matter gradually."
Be slnves the 1et1a-rs out of sight. Then roughly; -
"First, we had. better talk the métter over ...—gradna11y....._
I wish to  every circumstance".
Laura stands up and she says:
"But I am suffocating! I feel as 11 all the world. were

going around me. I can't think, i can't even seez"