Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 298: what you’re looking at

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if about to utter an indignant protest against any- thing so absurd, but sank back again, speecliless, upon second thou ght. Helena looked absolutely frightened fora moment, then turned with a smile of scornful incredulity to the prosecuting attorney, to ascertain his opinion of such a preposterous assertion. His face was inscrutable, but he was watching the Woman with the chosest attention. Hazel had given a startled, half articulate cry, when she heard the confident declaration, and then turned her wide, wondering eyes anon Percy, who looked strangely perplexed and troub “Perey! Perey!” she whispered, with a tremulous eagerness, and clasping her trembling hands about hisarm, ‘‘Isit likely that what she says is (rue 2” “It cannot be possible,” he muttered, with a frown, ‘“anless——” “Unless what?” “Uniess that man on shipboard stole it from some one there and clasped it about your neck; for I took it from you with my own lands.” “No, uo, that is not a reasonable solution at all, Percy,” Hazel returned, almmost.lysterically. “Don’t you see—don’t you see,’ she continued, growing more excited, ‘what it means if it is true? If that necklace is hers, then—she is iny mother!” “Good Heaven, Hazel! Inever thought of that!” he returned, astonished. ‘I had only thought that her claim mizht get us into deeper trouble.” “Hark !? Hazel said, Jeaning forward to listen, as the judge, after commanding order, addressed the woman before him. “You have made a very astonishing d LURE OR madam;” he said, gravely, ‘but, of co ore