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The Cross-Cut

CHAPTER XV
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But it 'll come out right, some way." There was a moment of silence, then a gripping fear at the heart of Fairchild.
"Just how crazy is she, Harry ?" "'Er?
Plumb daft! Of course, as Mother 'Oward says, there 's times when she 's straight--but they don't last long.

And, if she 'd given 'er testimony in writing, Mother 'Oward says it all might 'ave been different, and we 'd not 'ave 'ad anything to worry about." "In writing ?" "Yes, she 's 'arfway sane then.

It seems 'er mind 's disconnected, some wye.

I don't know 'ow--Mother 'Oward 's got the 'ole lingo, and everybody in town knows about it.

Whenever anybody wants to get anything real straight from Crazy Laura, they make 'er write it.


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