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Helen raised her head to listen--a great fear at her heart. What she most dreaded had actually happened--the need to make a perilous decision.
Yet, the very fact that it had occurred aroused her suspicions. Someone with a knowledge of her character, was playing a trick on her, in order to draw her away from the security of the house.