[The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mystery of the Hasty Arrow BOOK IV 100/170
She gave her name as Willetts.
What _was_ her name? You know the truth and can tell me." XXXIII AGAIN THE CUCKOO-CLOCK Then to the wonder and admiration of all, this extraordinary woman showed her full strength and the inexhaustible power she possessed over her own emotions.
With a smile piteous in its triumph over a suffering the depths of which they were just beginning to sound, she held his gaze in hers and quietly said: "You have driven me to the wall, Carleton.
If I answer, nothing remains to us of hope or honor; nothing upon which to stay our souls but a consciousness of truth.
Shall we let all go and meet our fate as people should who stand on a desolate shore and see the whole world roll away from before them ?" _"What was her name ?"_ At his look, at this repetition of his question, she straightened up, and addressed herself to Mr.Gryce. "You were astonished and regarded me curiously when at the sound of that foolish little clock I entered this room.
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