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Had Cleopatra only realised the damning evidence that Bliss had left in his desk for Morrit to find in the shape of the receipt for the pledging of the King Diamond and how that same sheet of paper was destined to be used within a space that might be measured by hours, she would have hesitated before she adopted those tactics with the little chorus girl. She would have waited for a less hazardous opportunity. As it was, she glanced at Cora to see if she would put up anything in the nature of a fight.
But there was no spirit of combat in Cora for the moment. She was borne down by sheer weight of metal.