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Her place was beside Anne -- that was all she had got out of Fred / Landers. And in that respect she was by no means convinced that her / instinct was not surer than his, that she was not right in agreeing / with her daughter that their experiment had been a failure.
Yet, even if it had, she could not leave Anne now; not till she had / made sure there was no further danger from Chris. Ah -- if she were once / certain of that, it would perhaps be easiest and simplest to go! But / not till then.