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The next six weeks dragged heavily enough for John Leslie within the four walls of his cell at Carlisle, but, to Cynthia, they were one long agony. She spent one short week-end with her people at Galston and then gratefully accepted Miss Allen's proposal that she should stay with her till the Assizes opened at Carlisle. Her mother's open antagonism to John Leslie made her home unbearable to the girl and she was thankful to get away.
Miss Allen's tactful sympathy and uncompromising common sense acted as a tonic to the girl and the older woman, who was never idle for long herself, managed to keep her guest employed with a variety of small occupations which gave her little chance to brood over the ordeal that lay before her.