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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Vane's Interview With The Doctor. HE two men carried John Morrison into the next room, and laid him in Folly's bed; he .was too exhausted to comprehend what was taking place or to oppose it. His eyes closed before Folly had finished disposing the bedclothes comfortably around him. She looked in his face, and, seeing the altered expression there, was taken with a sudden apprehension. She turned her eyes inquiringly upon Vane, and he read in them the question her tongue was powerless to ask? ' Will he awake again V 'When he wakes he will need some food, ' Vane said. ' Have you any prepared ?' ' Yes, ' she replied, with a bright, gratefulsmile; ' I will see to it at once.' She left the ioom, and went to the kitchen, where Miss Clip had taken refuge during the storm. ' So you've sent him away, ' said Miss Clip. 'Poor Mr. Roland 1 saw him go from the side window, looking more like death than ' ' Don't bother. Where's the chicken ? Did you do as I told you about the advertisements ?' ' Yes. My brother-in-law wrote them out and took them, and they'll come out in tomorrow morning's paper.' While Folly was still in the kitchen, le geant returned with the phaeton, and knocked at the servants' door, and said to Miss Clip, who opened it: ' Master told me to ask if Mrs. Aveling required the ponies before I put them away ?' Miss Clip returned to the kitchen and delivered the message. ' Tell him to take the carriage back to his master, and say that I never wish to use it again, ' Folly said. She spoke in a voice loud enough to be heard by Richard Vane as he came downstairs. He entered the kitchen while poor Miss Clip was still hesitating about takingthe message from one friend which it would hurt her other friend to receive. Folly reddened, feeling a
| ISBN-13 | 9780217836197 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217836194 |
| Weight | 0.51 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.35 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 150 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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