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The Eagle’s Heart

CHAPTER XX
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Mind you, I don't vouch for the truth of that article; the boy may be mistaken about it." Mrs.Raimon turned on her heel and vanished.

She had her information and acted upon it.

She was never finer than when she knelt at Harold's bedside and laid her hand gently on his forehead.

She could not speak for a moment, and when her eyes cleared of their tears and she felt the wide, dry eyes of the man searching her, a spasm of pain contracted her heart.
"He don't know me!" she cried to the slatternly maid, who stood watching the scene with deep sympathy.
Harold spoke petulantly: "Go away and tell Mary I want her.

It costs too much for her to sing, or else she'd come.


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