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Not within the memory of the oldest inhabitant had there been so much excitement in the county.
That a murder should have been committed within a quarter of a mile of the Grange, on Olivia Vanley's wedding day, was bad enough; but that the suspected man should be the mysterious Mr. Faradeane of The Dell, raised popular curiosity and interest to fever heat. Then came the news that the bride had been stricken down with fever, and was lying dangerously ill at her father's house.