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The Secret Passage

CHAPTER XV
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"Her maiden name was Saul, I believe," said Jennings, thinking Mrs.Herne would deny this promptly.
To his astonishment she did nothing of the sort.

"My maiden name is Saul," she said gravely.

"But as Maraquito is the daughter of my unfortunate brother, her true name is the same--not her maiden name, you understand.

I do not know how you learned this, but--" "Lord Caranby paid a visit to Maraquito's salon and recognized that she was a Saul from her likeness to Emilia, with whom--" "With whom he was in love," finished Mrs.Herne, crossing her hands; "that painful story is well known to me.

Emilia was my sister." "Lord Caranby never told me she had one," said Jennings.
"Lord Caranby does not know the history of our family." "Save what appeared in the papers," put in the detective.
Mrs.Herne flushed through her sallow skin.


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