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CECIL walked toward the door; Molly was following, when Matilda pulled her back.
"You shan't leave me," she said, flinging her arms round Molly's knees. "I won't be left alone in this awful, terrible black storm. You know how wicked I am, Molly, and that I am not fit to die. You can't -- you shan't leave me! God will never forgive you if you do."