Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 369: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XXXIX. THE SECRET OF MARIE’S BIRTH FULLY EXPLAINED. FTER uttering the startling exclamation with which the preceding chapter closed, the girl sank back again upon the the rock, almost devoid of strength, and as white as the Far mull tie about her neck. di A JS Belle sat staring at her in WY ) Ww speechless amazement for a 4 SS" Gi { i }y . gmoment; then she bent sud- “4™ *denly forward and threw her arms around her, exclaiming: ‘Marie! Marie! do yon know what you are say- ing? I am sure you must becrazy; and yet—oh! come, let us go to mamma—she will know! Oh! if it should be true!” And then, unable to bear any more, entirely over- come by the strain that had »*en upon her nerves since Hazel's trouble, together with this additional excitement, she dropped her head upon her com- panion’s shoulder and sobbed hysterically. Marie tried to quiet her, and wiped the streaming tears froin her burning cheeks, although she, too, was nearly unnerved by the sudden conviction which ras seemed to come, as by supernatural iugnirvaties... to her.