A Terrible Secret by May Agnes Fleming
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murdered!"
There was a sudden, headlong rush from the room; no other reply. Like a flash Sir Victor passed them both. They heard him clear the stairs, rush along the lower hall, and out of the house. The next instant the valet and Lady Helena were in pursuit. He was mounted on Edwards' horse and dashing furiously away, before they reached the court-yard. They called to him--he neither heard nor heeded. He dashed his spurred heel into the horse's side and flew out of sight like the wind. "Follow him!" Lady Helena cried, breathlessly, to the groom. "Overtake him, for the love of Heaven! Oh, _who_ can have done this awful deed? Edwards, you are sure there is no mistake? It seems too unnatural, too impossible to believe." "There is no mistake, my lady," the man answered, sadly. "I saw her myself, the blood flowing where they had stabbed her, cold and dead." Lady Helena wrung her hands and turned away. "Ride for your life after your master!" she said. "I will follow you as soon as I can." She went back to her husband's side. He was no worse--he seemed if anything, better. She might leave him in her housekeeper's charge until morning. She ordered the carriage and rapidly changed her dress. It was about |
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