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In September Mary sent for her again.
Mary was very ill. She lay on her bed, and Rowcliffe and her sister stood on either side of her. She gazed from one to the other with eyes of terror and entreaty. It was as if she cried out to them -- the two who were so strong -- to help her. She stretched out her arms on the counterpane, one arm toward each of them; her little hands, palm-upward, implored them.