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Wherefore had she died?
This question henceforth puzzled the whole town completely. In the streets -- at the tea-table, on the alehouse benches -- it was the one topic for discussion. People indulged in the most out-of-the-way surmises, the most hazardous conjectures were put forward, and still no one was one whit the wiser. Some spoke of an unhappy, others of an over-happy love affair, and others again declared that they had always predicted that she would not come to a good end.