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should faint you will not lift so much as the
corner of my veil!”

Dr. Krafft’s answer was short and to the point.

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ous strength for what you are going to en-
dure. | promise, as you have already stated,
| am too occupied with important matters
to concern myself with you or your projects. ”

‘‘And you will forever keep the fact of this
operation a secret?’

‘You have nothing to fear from me.”

The doctor said so much and*then sudden-
ly checked himself, as if a new thought had

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The woman laughed scornfully, released her
viselike grasp on his arm, and reseated herself
upon the couch: Dr. Krafft resumed his pro-
fessional tone.

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done, it must be done without further delay.”

‘‘None of the delay has been of my seeking, ©
she retorted.

An interval of dreadful silence followed,
broken now ‘and then by a smothered groan
from the sufferer.

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“No, no!” gasped his patient, ‘‘only a little
weakness. ©

Taking a bottle from the table, the doctor
hurriedly saturated a napkin with its contents
and thrust it into her gloved hand.

‘Inhale and bathe your face,”
ed.

Feebly the woman obeyed.

Silently and rapidly the doctor proceeded to
dress the wound.

That done, he encased the foot in a large
slipper she had brought, and gave her a mix-
ture he had prepared to soothe her nerves.

The woman swallowed it eagerly, and then
struggled to a sitting posture, though trem-

he direct-

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