[In Luck at Last by Walter Besant]@TWC D-Link bookIn Luck at Last CHAPTER XIV 12/32
As for me, my home is in America--" "No, Joseph," said Lala Roy gently; "it is in Shadwell." "It is a lie!" he cried, starting; "it is an infernal lie!" "Iris," said Arnold, "lift your veil, my dear.
Mr.Farrar, who is this young lady? Look upon this face, Clara." "This is the daughter of Claude Deseret," said Mr.Farrar, "if she is the daughter of the man who married Alice Emblem, and went by the name of Aglen." Clara turned a terrified face to Arnold. "Arnold, help me!" "Whose face is this ?" he repeated. "It is--good Heavens!--it is the face of your portrait.
It is Claude's face again.
They are his very eyes--" She covered her face with her hands.
"Oh, Arnold, what is it! Who is this other ?" "This other lady, Clara, is a Music-Hall Singer, who calls herself Carlotta Claridane, wife of this man, who is not an American at all, but the grandson of Mr.Emblem, the bookseller, and therefore cousin of Iris.
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