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? ? ? ? "I don't understand," she said, in a low voice, rather to herself than to him. "But I cannot wait. I must not stand here. I will come up in fifteen minutes, and if you wish another cup of tea, or some toast, I will bring them."
? ? ? ? His confinement did not affect his appetite, for he enjoyed his tea and toast; and when, as she had promised, the woman came up, he told her he would like another cup of tea, and some more toast.
? ? ? ? "Will you answer one question?" asked our hero.
? ? ? ? "I don't know," answered the woman in a flurried tone.
? ? ? ? "You look like a good woman. Why do you stay in such a house as this?"
? ? ? ? "I will tell you, though I should do better to be silent. But you won't betray me?"
? ? ? ? "On no account."
? ? ? ? "I was poor, starving, when I had an application to come here. The man who engaged me told me that it was to be a housekeeper, and I had no suspicion of the character of the house--that it was a den of--"
? ? ? ? She stopped short, but Frank understood what she would have said.
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