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"Thou wilt not with Predestination round / Enmesh me, and impute my Fall to Sin? " / -- OMAR KHAYYAM.
The scandal smouldered for a day or two, and then raged across London like a fire. Mary stayed at home. She could not face the glare of it. She said she was ill. Her hand shook. She started at the slightest sound. She felt shattered in mind and body.