Sealed Lips — page 285: what you’re looking at

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SHALED LIPS. 277 She arose to go and find her mother, and entreat her out of respect for the dead to tell her the truth. A wise thought prevented her from doing so. Would she give way after having gone so far? And this paper, if it still existed, might she not destroy it as a dangerous piece of testimony? Jenny shivered as she thought that a candle’s flame could in two seconds destroy her last hope. Then all would be lost, unless the dead man could come out of his grave and speak. Suddenly she struck her forehead; a thought had just come to her. She seated herself at the table, and wrote a letter; then hastily putting on her things, she took it to the post herself. Then she re- turned ina more tranquil frame of mind, and forced herself to restrain her impatience until the next day. “Now, then!” thought her mother, overjoyed at her uneasiness, which did not escape her eye. “She is reflecting, and very soon she will recall kKem- eneff.” The next afternoon atelegram arrived from Pau addressed to Madame Godefroid. The notary sent the following response: “Your husband never wrote me any letter. His friend was charged with a verbal message. My recollections are perfectly distinct. My documents do not contain any letter, and I always save every one of my clients’ notes.” Jenny was much affected as she read this dis- Gomich O)(0) S ‘ (E(@)