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The look on the face of the Duke of Shadow Valley was gradually growing stranger. The outlines of his face were wearying; his quick glances roamed no more, but turned to his plate listlessly; and he was breathing faster. The lady of the Tower thought his cheeks grew a little paler under the summer's tan and yet she was not sure; when a pallor swept over his face even to the lips suddenly. And all at once the Duke was very sick.
"Poison? " wondered Father Joseph. "Not the Lord of the Tower," he thought, "nor his lady, nor Mirandola. " He looked quickly at the others, from face to face. "No. What then?"