As she came close, he took a pace forward and seized her from behind, one strong arm clamping her tight against his chest, the free hand seizing her about the mouth, stifling the cry that gurgled in her throat. It was she—— Anna’s nerves were not easily shaken, but she found herself suddenly clutching at the table for support. Wood's dwelling,—a plain, substantial, commodious farm-house. You have just passed through rather a severe physical struggle; just as previously to your collapse you had gone through some terrific mental strain. CHAPTER THE NINTH DISCORDS Part 1 One afternoon, soon after Ann Veronica’s great discovery, a telegram came into the laboratory for her. There's a hundred pounds too much. One cannot trust any man at all. “Just like old times,” she thought sardonically. Not like my father. That is why I have dyed my hair, that is why I have abandoned my rôle of ingenuèe and altered my whole style of dress. “Where are they?” She looked around. But then—Oh! Madam, there are moments—moments of darkness, which overshadow a whole existence—in the lives of the poor houseless wretches who traverse the streets, when reason is well-nigh benighted; when the horrible promptings of despair can, alone, be listened to; and when vice itself assumes the aspect of virtue. Her lips were apart, but no breath seemed to issue from them; and, but for a slight—very slight palpitation of the bosom, the vital principle might be supposed to be extinct.
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