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ell, repeat them.
t of pure air, she said quickly.
Yes, yes. Dr Gravess book.
And of wholesome food.
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ter.
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S. t once s: thieves!
I jumped at tie looked up at s enougongue. ?
thieves! Devils!
Your tongue, Miss ilson! do ? hmm?
Ser a minute:
A curb.
t is rig tigurned and called to o ly. Miss ilson put o o feel for a c my eye, and tered, and she seemed ashamed.
I s any otime; but for noen more ladies like old me my ed only until Dr Cie ructions to th and leaned and said,
Dr Cie, sir! urned and came towards me.
Mrs Rivers. ook my t, not smiling. how are you?
Sir, I said. Sir, I—
Pulse ratly, to Dr Graves. Dr Graves made a note of it. urned back to me. You your face, I am sorry to see.
Nurse Spiller spoke before I could.
Cast o tie, s
Aion in w?
Slept? No, I—
Dear, dear. e cannot . I s. You s slumber.
o Nurse Bacon. She nodded back.
Dr Cie, I said, more loudly.
Pulse quickening, now, he murmured.
I pulled my en to me? You me ake.
Is t so? o my mouteetrid, tell us, if tart troubling you.
tm not staying here, I said.
Not staying, Mrs Rivers?
Mrs Rivers? For Gods sake, ood and saw o me, and heard me speak. I—
So I did, old me resss be kept quiet and free from imes it is easier—is it not?—to ask for assistance in beand you, Mrs Rivers, very well.
I am not Maud Rivers!
smiled.
You are not ready to admit t you are Maud Rivers. is quite a different to admit to it, our hen—
You s keep me ! You keep me, whose swindling villains—
he folded his arms. hich swindling villains, Mrs Rivers?
I am not Maud Rivers! My name is Susan—
Yes?
But time, I faltered.
Susan Smith, I said finally.
Susan Smit, Dr Graves? Of reet