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The New Magdalen

CHAPTER X
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"You saw me start," he went on, "when you first mentioned Miss Roseberry's name in my hearing.

Now you know why." He addressed himself once more to Horace.
"You heard me say that you, as Miss Roseberry's future husband, had an interest in being present at my interview with Lady Janet.

Now _you_ know why." "The woman is plainly mad," said Lady Janet.

"But it is certainly a startling form of madness when one first hears of it.

Of course we must keep the matter, for the present at least, a secret from Grace." "There can be no doubt," Horace agreed, "that Grace must be kept in the dark, in her present state of health.


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