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But there were other matters to think of besides mysterious women and diamond bracelets. The success of her mission more or less assured, Alice made her way back to Rawmouth. She had done what Clench required of her and, so far as she could see, there was no flaw in the arrangements; but, in a vague way, she was uneasy. Mary Copping's attitude had alarmed her. Mary should have expressed the wildest and most extravagant joy to know that she could leave Dartdale; but, instead, she looked like a woman who had received her death sentence.
The news that her husband had found the means to take her away had fallen like a bolt from the blue. In an indefinite way Alice felt that Moler was at the bottom of it all. Anyhow, the circumstance in itself was disconcerting, and it would be interesting to watch how Russell Clench would tackle it.