In Sight of St. Paul's — page 229: what you’re looking at

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224 ATONEMENT, ous woman of the past, and her beauty was ruined forever. During all her illness she had been faithfully at- tended by her maid, Rose, and another, Aileen Millar, with divine forgiveness, had come to help nurse and care for the woman who had been her bitterest enemy. | Aileen had much trouble and anxiety of her own to bear in those days. After the fire, and when he was assured of his sweetheart’s safety and that no lives had been lost, Tom Chichester had kept his word to Inspector Clarkson and accompanied that official to prison. After the bravery displayed by Tom, the inspector had more doubts than ever as to the young man’s eullt, but, in view of the evidence his duty was clear, and, in spite of himself, he was obliged to commit him on the charge of having murdered his brother. The trial was now close at hand. Gillespie Flet- cher, who had _ been’ engaged as ‘I'‘om’s chief counsel, had thrown himself heart and soul into the case, and Clarkson had given him every aid in his power. But the fact still remained that the outlook was very black for poor Tom; the evidence was clearly against him. The one witness from whom much had been hoped apparently had nothing to testify. Fretly Burnsides had been rescued from the burn- Gomichooks co m