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The Turmoil

CHAPTER XXI
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"You knew that!" "HUSH!" he begged, panic-stricken.
"That was a MANLY thing to do! Oh, it was like a gentleman! You wouldn't come--you wouldn't even come for five minutes to hear what I had to say! You were TIRED of what I had to say! You'd heard it all a thousand times before, and you wouldn't come! No! No! NO!" she stormed.

"You wouldn't even come for five minutes, but you could tell that little cat! And SHE told my husband! You're a MAN!" Edith saw in a flash that the consequences of battle would be ruinous to Sibyl, and the furious girl needed no further temptation to give way to her feelings.

"Get out of this house!" she shrieked.

"This is my father's house.

Don't you dare speak to Robert like that!" "No! No! I mustn't SPEAK--" "Don't you DARE!" Edith and Sibyl began to scream insults at each other simultaneously, fronting each other, their furious faces close.


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