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Miss Marrable heard the story of the Captain's loss in perfect silence. Mary told it craftily, with a smile on her face, as though she were but slightly affected by it, and did not think very much on the change it might effect in her plans and those of her lover. "He has been ill-treated; has he not? " she said.
"Very badly treated. I can't understand it, but it seems to me that he has been most shamefully treated."