Should She Have Left Him? — page 158: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER III. MRS. TREVOR—-ALLEN’S INTRIGUE. THE Deekman dinner gave impetus to the Trescotte scandal. It had served its purpose, and justified its expense. What had previously been suggested in ambiguous phrase was now expressed in plain terms. The Swiss family myth passed away under Mr. Magrane’s admission that Mr. Starkhite’s information was accurate, but involved in the admission was the certainty of something mysterious in the Trescotte affair, which must, therefore, be reprehensible. It was so asserted, at all events, in club parlors as well as those of private mansions. Mr. Magrane’s caution had not helped the Trescottes. His tone and manner, while assert- ing his belief in the legality of the marriage, had carried conviction of a doubt to those anxious to entertain a doubt. The bishop was much harrassed because of his possession of the secret, but, as Mrs: Trevor-Allen had said, he was an adept in the art of snubbing. He dismissed inquiries with the remark that since the Church, which was himself, andthe law, which was Mr. Magrane, were satisfied with the existing relation, it was no concern of the world, which was 152 Comicbooks.c€© 3}