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The Captives

CHAPTER IV
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And yet now, as she looked around her, she was not, to her own surprise, disappointed.
She was even satisfied; the "wonder" was not in the building.

Well, then, it must be in something "inside," something that she had yet to discover.

The chapel had the thrilling quality of a little plain deal box that carries a jewel.
She examined then the people around her.

Women were in a great majority, a man scattered forlornly amongst them once and again.

She discovered at once the alert eyes of young Mr.Warlock.He was seated in the side aisle with a thin, severe-looking woman beside him.


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