Guy Hammersley; or, Clearing his Name — page 27: what you’re looking at

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18 GUY HAMMERSLEY. She looked just as usual, perhaps a trifle pate, and as Guy took her hand she opened her eyes and smiled—the faintest flicker of a smile. ‘*T am glad you are here, Guy,” she said, ‘‘ so you can see for yourself that it is nothing so serious as it might have been. I was afraid they would frighten you.” ‘‘And you are not in pain?” asked Guy, softly. ‘‘No, my boy; nothing is broken. It was only the shock. I shall be all right presently. Good-bye, doctor, You have my name I believe—Mrs. Ham- mersley.” Taking this for a dismissal, the physician withdrew, but Colonel Starr still remained. Gomichbooks (C@) m