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It was as if Clutton had struck the woman a fierce blow between the eyes, for she staggered back and covered her face with her hands, she stood there for the best part of a minute, shaking from head to foot, stripped of her old native audacity, and making a pathetic figure which moved Kelso to sympathy, much as he disliked her and much as Audrey had suffered at her hands. It was quite evident that there would be no further trouble here, and that Clutton's confident statement that he could get the jewels back any time he pleased seemed likely to be confirmed.
Blanche Trevenner lowered her hand slowly and turned a white, stricken face almost imploringly on Clutton. He laid his hand on her arm and placed her gently in a chair.