[Roderick Hudson by Henry James]@TWC D-Link bookRoderick Hudson CHAPTER XI 10/77
But what is the profit of having a secret unless you can make some use of it? The day at last came when she could turn hers to account; she could let the skeleton out of the closet and create a panic." "I don't understand." "Neither do I morally," said Rowland.
"I only conceive that there was a horrible, fabulous scene.
The poor Cavaliere stood outside, at the door, white as a corpse and as dumb.
The mother and daughter had it out together.
Mrs.Light burnt her ships.
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