In Sight of St. Paul's — page 173: what you’re looking at

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168 THE LAST LINK. CHAPTER XI. THE AST CLINK. & As the door closed behind Aileen and the lawyer Becky stood staring after them for a moment. The clever little girl scarcely understood the situa- tion. That was a most extraordinary speech of Miss © -Aileen’s. /’T’o save all of us from a fearful trouble! What could she have meant? “T don’t like that man,’’ muttered Becky to her- self. ‘Treacher! ‘Treacher! I wonder how he spells his name ?’’ She was worried, but she was also ata loss as to what todo. At all events, she thought, after a mo- ment, it was too late now to do anything. So, with a sigh, she turned away to go down stairs. But, just as she did so, there came a peal at the bell. Becky, thinking those whom she had been specn- lating about had returned, ran to the door. | Butno! It was not Miss Aileen, but a man whom Becky, with a shiver of dismay, recognized at once, (E(o) comicbooks