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The cold snap at Michamac had been broken for nearly a month, and work on the bridge was progressing with unprecedented rapidity.
Two days after the ball, Ashton had returned to the bridge sobered and chastened. The change in him may have been due to another cut in his allowance, or to a peppery interview during which Mr. Leslie had sought to browbeat him into resigning his position.