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Zillah leaned suddenly back against the table by which she was standing, and Ayscough, who was narrowly watching the effect of his news, saw her turn very pale. She stood staring at him during a moment's silence; then she let a sharp exclamation escape her lips, and in the same instant her colour came back -- heightened from surprise and indignation.
"Impossible! " she said. "I can't believe it; There may be marks inside our rings -- that's likely enough. But how could those marks correspond with the marks in his rings?"