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of the matter. Perhaps the hum of their voices, quietly though they spoke, aroused her from her trance of silent gratitude. When she called Arthur faintly, and when they both hurried to her, Mrs. Vincent was sitting up in her bed wiping off the tears from her cheeks.
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Arthur dear, said the widow,
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I am quite sure Dr. Rider will understand that what he has heard is in the strictest confidence; for to be sure, she continued, with a faint smile breaking over her wan face,
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said Mrs. Vincent, looking full in Dr. Rider's face.
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It has all happened because I had not my wits about me as I ought to have had, and was not used to act for myself; but when my son came back-- Arthur, my own boy, it was all my fault, but I knew you would set it right--and as for my Susan, nobody could have any doubt; and you will both forgive your poor mother. I don't mind saying this before the doctor, she repeated again once more, looking in his face;
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said the widow, with a long trembling sigh of relief and comfort,