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SENTENCE IS PRONOUNCED ON HER.
IT was done.

The last tones of her voice died away in silence.
Her eyes still rested on Horace.

After hearing what he had heard could he resist that gentle, pleading look?
Would he forgive her?
A while since Julian had seen tears on his cheeks, and had believed that he felt for her.

Why was he now silent?
Was it possible that he only felt for himself?
For the last time--at the crisis of her life--Julian spoke for her.