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The New Magdalen

CHAPTER XXIV
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I say it gratefully when I think of her--I say it with shame and sorrow when I think of myself." He took her hand for the first time.

He looked, guiltlessly looked, at her downcast face.

He spoke as he had spoken at the memorable interview between them which had made a new woman of her.
"I can imagine no crueler trial," he said, "than the trial that is now before you.

The benefactress to whom you owe everything asks nothing from you but your silence.

The person whom you have wronged is no longer present to stimulate your resolution to speak.


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