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He must have been very sure of her not acting on his final challenge, / or he would not have dared to make it. That was the continuous refrain / of Kate Clephane's thoughts as the train carried her down to Long / Island the next morning.
"He's convinced I shall never tell her; but what if I do? " The thought / sustained her through the long sleepless night, and gave her the / strength and clearness of mind to decide that she must at once see / Anne, however little her daughter might desire the meeting. After all, / she still had that weapon in her depleted armoury: she could reveal the / truth.