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Cast Adrift

CHAPTER V
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I'll pay her passage, and give her a hundred dollars besides, if she'll go." Mrs.Bray smiled a faint, sinister smile: "If you could get her off there, it would be the end of her.

She'd never stand the fever." "Then get her off, cost what it may," said Mrs.Dinneford.
"She will be here in less than half an hour." Mrs.Bray looked at the face of a small cheap clock that stood on the mantel.
"She will ?" Mrs.Dinneford became uneasy, and arose from her chair.
"Yes; what shall I say to her ?" "Manage her the best you can.

Here are thirty dollars--all the money I have with me.

Give her that, and promise more if necessary.

I will see you again." "When ?" asked Mrs.Bray.
"At any time you desire." "Then you had better come to-morrow morning.


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