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TWO helpless young forms clung to each other. Two girlish faces, horror-struck and anguished, gazed, half-terrified, half-incredulous, on a tragedy that had suddenly crashed upon the peace and joy of an innocent household.
About them moved the calm erect figure of the English housekeeper; on her face a strange stillness, in her eyes a fierce light. Amidst all the turmoil and confusion of that awful time she alone had been composed and helpful. Shrieks, wails, tears, exclamations had passed her by as a summer storm passes over some strong and stately tree. Such unnatural want of feeling did not tend to increase her popularity.