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Helen flew to the dressing-room to hide her dismay, and there cast / herself on the bed. The gray Fate above, or the awful Demo-gorgon / beneath, would have its way! Whether it was a living Will or but the / shadow of the events it seemed to order, it was too much for her. / She had no choice but yield. She rose and returned to her brother.
"I am going to find Mr. Wingfold," she said in a hoarse voice, as / she took her hat.