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CHAPTER V.
A nameless terror seemed to have taken possession of Clarissa, Lady Selina`s maid, as she rushed into the presence of her mistress. "O my lady, such news!" "Explain yourself," said her mistress, rising. "An accident has happened on the railway, and a man has been killed." "What--not Edgardo!" almost screamed Selina. "No, Burke the Slogger!" your ladyship. "My first husband!" said Lady Selina, sinking on her knees. "Just Heaven, I thank thee!"
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