[The Mysterious Key And What It Opened by Louisa May Alcott]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mysterious Key And What It Opened CHAPTER VIII 8/15
I never could forget that, nor tie many kindnesses bestowed upon the friendless boy.
This afflicted me, even while I was acting a false part, and when I was away my heart failed me.
But Helen gave me no peace; for my sake, she urged me to keep the vow made to that poor mother, and threatened to tell the story herself.
Talbot's benefaction left me no excuse for delaying longer, and I came to finish the hardest task I can ever undertake.
I feared that a long dispute would follow any appeal to law, and meant to appeal first to you, but fate befriended me, and the last proof was found." "Found! Where ?" cried Lady Trevlyn, springing up aghast. "In Sir Richard's coffin, where you hid it, not daring to destroy, yet fearing to keep it." "Who has betrayed me ?" And her eye glanced wildly about the room, as if she feared to see some spectral accuser. "Your own lips, my lady.
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