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FOX stood aghast at the force, the agony, the abandon of Margaret's confession. Any presentiment which might have warned him had been disarmed by her previous gayety.
Almost unconsciously his hand met hers, which was stretched out in a mute appeal. He drew her to a chair. "Sit down," he said, in an unsteady voice, with an impotent impulse of resistance; "try to calm yourself! This is dreadful!"