The Mission of Poubalov — page 35: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

CLARA’S SEARCH BEGINS. 31 CHAPTER IV. CLARA’S SEARCH BEGINS. Clara had not fainted in her uncle’s arms, but she nestled against him quivering and sobbing; and again it was fortunate for her that the excited, pent-up forces of her brain had broken through in a flood of tears. **You see, Dexter!’’ cried Mr. Pembroke in broken ac- cents, ““how my poor girl suffers. There, there, Clara, better get back to your bed and try to sleep. I thought Louise was looking after you.”’ ‘She has been with me,’’ replied Clara, ‘‘but I sent her away. I wanted to think. Has nothing been heard from Ivan?”’ *‘Nothing yet, my dear. You shall know it as soon as we do even if it comes at three in the morning.’’ Attracted by her cousin’s voice, Louise appeared at this moment and led Clara upstairs, scolding her gently for having left her room. Clara ‘was greatly subdued, and urged no longer to be left alone. Through the rest of the evening she sat quietly listening to Louise, and feeling no return of that tensity of the nerves that had preceded and accompanied her waking dream. In the morning she was better, stronger in every way. She met her uncle and cousin at breakfast, and although she was very quiet she seemed more like her natural self than they had expected. Every newspaper had something to say about the disppearance of Ivan Strobel, and the re- porters, apparently, had interviewed everybody directly in- terested in him except the unhappy bride herself. The newspapers were ina pile by her uncle’s plate when she surprised him by entering the room and taking her place S (C(O) at the table. GOmiGcdoo