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The Champdoce Mystery

CHAPTER XVII
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I thought you were looking for money! but ah, dear me! I was wrong.

Then the other began to say something, but I couldn't catch a word; then you fought.
Oh, it was awful! I was so frightened, I could not take my eyes off you.
Then the other fell down on his back." "And then ?" "Then," she faltered, "you buried him, and then----" "Could you recognize this--this other ?" "Yes, my lord duke, I did." "Had you ever seen him before?
Do you know who he was ?" "No." "Listen to me, my girl.

If you know how to hold your tongue, if you can forget all you have seen to-night, it will be the greatest piece of luck for you in the world that you did not go to this wedding." "I won't open my lips to a soul, my lord duke.

Hear me swear, I won't.
Oh, do believe me!" "Very well; keep your oath, and your fortune is made.

To-morrow I will give you a fine, large sum of money, and you can go back to your village and marry some honest fellow to whom you have taken a fancy." "Are you not making game of me ?" "No; go to your room and go to bed, as if nothing had happened.


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