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Suspense and anxiety were wearing away Wallace's nerves. Despite Fouchard's belief that Yolande was still alive, he found himself taking a pessimistic view. Fallières had been murdered, then Severin. A similar attempt had been made upon Fouchard. Why should Yolande be any more immune than these?
In any case the alternative was equally appalling. He imagined her in all the sweetness and charm of her youth -- in the clutches of that abysmal Monster. And here he was as helpless as a kitten to intervene. He paced up and down the sick-room, utterly unable to concentrate his mind on anything. Niels and the others now were reduced to negligible proportions. They at least were human in their actions.