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It was some little time before Ellen grasped the full purport of her companion's confession. It had come so unexpectedly, this confirmation of all she had anticipated for so long, that it was some minutes before she could gather its full significance.
"Do you understand what you are saying, Lady Wrath?" she asked. "I must call you Lady Wrath now because that is your proper name. Do you mean to say that it was you who was responsible for the trouble that led up to my father's death?"