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interfere with your husband, madam,’ and goes out almost
rudely.
‘You’ve made old North quite ill,’ said Frere, when he by-
and-by returns, hoping by bluff ignoring of roughness on
his own part to avoid reproach from his wife. ‘He drank
half a bottle of brandy to steady his nerves before he went
home, and swung out of the house like one possessed.’
But Sylvia, occupied with her own thoughts, did not re-
ply.

1 For the Term of His Natural Life