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The Gilded Age
Part 1.

CHAPTER VI
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He was in such deep distress that he allowed his wife to persuade him to let the papers be drawn; but when his children came into his presence in their poor apparel, he felt like a traitor and refused to sign.
But now he was down again, and deeper in the mire than ever.

He paced the floor all day, he scarcely slept at night.

He blushed even to acknowledge it to himself, but treason was in his mind--he was meditating, at last, the sale of the land.

Mrs.Hawkins stepped into the room.

He had not spoken a word, but he felt as guilty as if she had caught him in some shameful act.


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