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it must yet be too early. The various ascending noises con-
vinced her that the servants must still be up. Till midnight,
she supposed it would be in vain to watch; but then, when
the clock had struck twelve, and all was quiet, she would,
if not quite appalled by darkness, steal out and look once
more. The clock struck twelve — and Catherine had been
half an hour asleep.
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