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The New Magdalen

CHAPTER XX
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The steady inner light that he had seen in them once already shone in them again, brighter and purer than before.

The conscience that he had fortified, the soul that he had saved, looked at him and said, Doubt us no more! "Send that man out of the house." Those were her first words.

She spoke (pointing to the police officer) in clear, ringing, resolute tones, audible in the remotest corner of the room.
Julian's hand stole unobserved to hers, and told her, in its momentary pressure, to count on his brotherly sympathy and help.

All the other persons in the room looked at her in speechless surprise.

Grace rose from her chair.


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