The Illegal Marriage — page 198: what you’re looking at

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190 THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE, CHAPTER XVIII. THE ARREST OF ALFRED GUERRY AND OLD HAWKS. Sending off his letter in reply to Martin’s note, Stannard returned to find Pierce and Crawford in the garden. “Wecame out to let Trippe rest for a time,” ex- plained the doctor; “and wanted to discuss the matter by ourselves. Whether Morgan killed him- self or was killed, you must admit, Stannard, that this young fellow should not be permitted to marry that noble girl.” “What a pity!” said Stannard, sadly. “If she really loves him she will never recover from this blow. You don’t know her.” Entirely unselfish, Stannard did not think of him- self, but, at any sacrifice to himself, wished to-make Cecy happy. No longer could he doubt that Alfred was acriminal, and he prayed that Cecy might not suffer from this additional blow. Little did he know the change in her heart; little suspect that she was now almost hating herself for being led away by her fancy for Alfred Guerry. For some moments there was silence between the men in the garden, each being busy with his own thoughts. It was first broken by Pierce. “Let us go in now. ‘Trippe will be anxious, and we had better get his story at once.” They went into the room again, and Stannard, finding the note-book, placed it in Trippe’s hand. He turned over the leaves for a moment, and, smoothing it back with his hand, took a sip of water. “T have here,” Trippe began, “a full and accurate ~ account of each wound on Morgan’s body—its depth, width, inclination and character. I intended to make a diagram of them, and should have ex- plained them to the voroner had I been able to do comicbooks.co