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MERCY.
"Where is my wife ?" "Sleeping, sir, after a day of exhausting emotion." "She didn't wire me ?" "No, sir." "Perhaps she wasn't able ?" "She was not, Mayor Packard." "I must see her.

I came as soon as I could.

Left Warner to fill my place on the platform, and it is the night of nights, too.

Why, what's the matter ?" He had caught me staring over his shoulder at the form drawn up in the doorway.
"Nothing; I thought you had come alone." "No, Mr.Steele is with me.