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The Four Feathers

CHAPTER XXI
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CHAPTER XXI.
ETHNE MAKES ANOTHER SLIP Mrs.Adair speculated with some uneasiness upon the consequences of the disclosures which she had made to Durrance.

She was in doubt as to the course which he would take.

It seemed possible that he might frankly tell Ethne of the mistake which he had made.

He might admit that he had discovered the unreality of her affection for him, and the reality of her love for Feversham; and if he made that admission, however carefully he tried to conceal her share in his discovery, he would hardly succeed.
She would have to face Ethne, and she dreaded the moment when her companion's frank eyes would rest quietly upon hers and her lips demand an explanation.

It was consequently a relief to her at first that no outward change was visible in the relations of Ethne and Durrance.


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