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"What an awful day! " she cried when Richard had calmed her a little, not that he was in much of a mood to administer consolation to others. "And last night, when we talked of our future, and I told you to pluck up your courage, I felt so gay and light-hearted. Oh, Dick dear, it will kill me; but no, I must not let it do that. We must both be brave, and strain every nerve to prove your innocence."
"It is indeed a tragic day," corroborated her lover. "And, my darling, but for this inexplicable mystery, it would all have been such plain-sailing. In the midst of his reproaches, he paused to tell me that he knew of our love for each other, and that he would have put no obstacles in the way."