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 The Baroness turned pale. "The other, I forget, but I heard it was connected with the Corbans."

"Ah, indeed! Well your time is so valuable, I must not detain you, in fact it was absurd to trouble you, I am so well." She sank back in her chair, almost fainting.

Dr. Ayscough waited a few minutes, and then said kindly. "You have something weighing on your mind." She shook her head, but her colour was livid, and the hand she held out to him trembled.

"Would it be a relief to you, to tell me what you apprehend? You cannot suppose that your confidence would be betrayed."

She looked fixedly at him, and the tears stood in her eyes; but suddenly she seemed by a strong effort to calm herself, and with a laugh that was more distressing than her tears, she said, "This is really too good, what apprehensions can I have? except perhaps that we may have rain on Wednesday, and that all my fireworks may fail. Good morning, I suppose it is impossible to prevail