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"Some say there's a Providence that watches over us," said the man in the corner, when he had looked at me keenly, and had assured himself that I was really interested in his narrative, "others use the less poetic and more direct formula, that ‘the devil takes care of his own. ' The impression of the general public during this interesting coroner's inquest was that the devil was taking special care of his own-(‘his own' being in this instance represented by Mrs. William Yule, who, by the way, was not present).
"What the Evil One had done for her was this: He caused the hall gas to burn so badly on that eventful Thursday night, 27th March, that Jane, the cook, had not been able to see Mrs. William Yule at all distinctly. He, moreover, decreed that when Annie went into the drawing-room later on to take her mistress's orders, with regard to the spare room, Mrs. William was apparently dissolved in tears, for she only presented the back of her head to the inquisitive glances of the young housemaid.