His Other Wife: A Novel — page 145: what you’re looking at

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THE PLOTTERS. 137 This to Vernois, into whose face he was then intently gazing. | “Yes; but I swear I did not aim to hit home so close.” Warren made no answer to this, but, turning to the sur- geon, said ; Whatever happens, you will bear witness that I fell in a fair fight, and that it was I who chose to fight without seconds or witnesses, and I gave the signal to fire. In the meantime, assign any cause save the true one for my illness. I think I shall get well; if not, there will be time for disclosure after I am dead.” “There was a sound strangely like a sob in Julian Ver- nois’ throat as he turned from the bedside and walked away to the window. * Warren followed him with a compassionate look. He seemed to put himself for the moment in Vernois’ place, forgetting his own disaster. » Drawing the surgeon nearer to him, he whispered, still looking at Vernois: -#*Send him away—he can do no good here.” After this the wounded man closed his eyes and relapsed into a stupor. : : * * ox x * x -‘*Surely you are not in earnest, Julian?” '. Mrs. Croft’s haughty lips curled scornfully as she put the question to her handsome cousin, who reclined at her feet on the mound of sunny turf, where. they had paused in their walk along the lake-shore. | Comichoo ‘Si (E(@)