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"A CURSED climate," said Samuel Burton, between his set teeth; "a God-forgotten climate. If I can get my boy away out of this, I'll never set foot in it again. He may come home here and live like a gentleman, when I have made his fortune, and am--"
He could not say the word "dead." He could not face it. He cursed himself for having approached so near the subject., If any one had been watching his face, he would have seen a look of wild ghastly terror in it.