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Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise

CHAPTER VIII
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She said: "But he didn't know where I was." "Don't lie to me," cried Warham.

"It won't do you any good, any more than his lying kept us from finding you.

We came on the train and saw the Waterburys in the street and they'd seen you go into the drug store.

We'd have caught you there if we'd been a few minutes sooner, but we drove, and got here in time.

Now, tell me, Susan"-- and his voice was cruelly harsh--"all about what's been going on between you and Sam." She gazed fearlessly and was silent.
"Speak up!" commanded Sam's father.
"Yes--and no lies," said her uncle.
"I don't know what you mean," Susan at last answered--truthfully enough, yet to gain time, too.
"You can't play that game any longer," cried Warham.


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