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Squire Herne stared blankly at Lovel, and burst out laughing. "Frank Chaskin! " said he; "my old friend, the murderer of my promised wife? You are mad to say so!"
"I am not mad, as you know very well, Mr. Herne. I daresay you came out of your trance on that night quickly enough to see Chaskin steal away from the scene of his crime?"