Cast Adrift by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
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"What?"
"Edith isn't satisfied about the baby, has been out to Fairview looking for its grave, wants to know who her nurse was." "What did you tell her?" "I said that your name was Mrs. Bodine, and that you had gone to Cuba." "Do you think she would know me?" "Can't tell; wouldn't like to run the risk of her seeing you here. Pull down your veil. There! close. She said, a little while ago, that she had a faint recollection of you as a dark little woman with black eyes whom she had never seen before." "Indeed!" and Mrs. Bray gathered her veil close about her face. "The baby isn't living?" Mrs. Dinneford asked the question in a whisper. "Yes." "Oh, it can't be! Are you sure?" "Yes; I saw it day before yesterday." "You did! Where?" |
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