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"Yes; in one of my letters." YES IN ONE OF MY LETTERS
 yet she felt the need of more definite grounds for her reassurance. "But doesn't this suit worry you? Why have you never spoken to me about it?" He answered both questions at once: "I didn't speak of it at first because it did worry me -- annoyed me, rather. But it's all ancient history now. Your correspondent must have got hold of a back number of the 'Sentinel.'" She felt a quick thrill of relief. "You mean it's over? He's lost his case?" There was a just perceptible delay in Boyne's reply. "The suit's been withdrawn -- that's all." But she persisted, as if to exonerate herself from the inward charge of being too easily put off. "Withdrawn because he saw he had no chance?" "Oh, he had no chance," Boyne answered. She was still struggling with a dimly felt perplexity at the back of her thoughts. "How long ago was it withdrawn?" He paused, as if with a slight return of his former uncertainty. "I've just had the news now; but I've been expecting it." "Just now -- in one of your letters? ND WAS AGAIN REASSURED BY THE COMPOSURE OF HIS FACE YET SHE FELT THE NEED OF MORE DEFINITE GROUNDS FOR HER REASSURANCE BUT DOESN'T THIS SUIT WORRY YOU WHY HAVE YOU NEVER SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT IT HE ANSWERED BOTH QUESTIONS AT ONCE I DIDN'T SPEAK OF IT AT FIRST BECAUSE IT DID WORRY ME ANNOYED ME RATHER BUT IT'S ALL ANCIENT HISTORY NOW YOUR CORRESPONDENT MUST HAVE GOT HOLD OF A BACK NUMBER OF THE SENTINEL SHE FELT A QUICK THRILL OF RELIEF YOU MEAN IT'S OVER HE'S LOST HIS CASE THERE WAS A JUST PERCEPTIBLE DELAY IN BOYNE'S REPLY THE SUIT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN THAT'S ALL BUT SHE PERSISTED AS IF TO EXONERATE HERSELF FROM THE INWARD CHARGE OF BEING TOO EASILY PUT OFF WITHDRAWN IT BECAUSE HE SAW HE HAD NO CHANCE OH HE HAD NO CHANCE BOYNE ANSWERED SHE WAS STILL STRUGGLING WITH A DIMLY FELT PERPLEXITY AT THE BACK OF HER THOUGHTS HOW LONG AGO WAS IT WITHDRAWN HE PAUSED AS IF WITH A SLIGHT RETURN TO HIS FORMER UNCERTAINTY I'VE JUST HAD THE NEWS NOW BUT I'VE BEEN EXPECTING IT JUST NOW IN ONE OF YOUR LETTERS
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