fl Sweeter Woman Ne’er Drew Breath 
     
    
   
   
    
     Her aunt’s words had revealed to her the 
     
     hidden secret of her heart. She knew that 
     
     she loved Eric Marshall—and the knowl— 
     
     edge brought with it a strange anguish. 
     
     For was she not dumb? All night she lay 
     
    
   
   
    
     staring wide-eyed through the darkness 
     
     till the dawn. 
     
    
   
   
    
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