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For the next two days Major Jen stayed in his house and watched over the corpse of David. It was laid out in what had been the young man's bedchamber, surrounded by burning candles, and with pale flowers of virginal whiteness scattered on the bed. The whole scene was but a repetition of that which had taken place when Maurice had died. Both young men had perished from the effects of the infernal African poison. Both had perished in the bloom of youth; and on the right hand of each was the fatal wound which had corrupted the blood. But the corpse of David was here. The corpse of Maurice, where? Only Dr. Etwald could answer the question, and he, released on the charge of murder, was now out on bail for the theft of the corpse. "Ah," cried Jen, "you admit your guilt?" The negress started and threw up her hands in surprise..
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"That like a virgin queen salutes the sunI tried logging in using my phone number and I
was supposed to get a verification code text,but didn't
get it. I clicked resend a couple time, tried the "call
me instead" option twice but didn't get a call
either. the trouble shooting had no info on if the call
me instead fails.There was
"I think so, Mona. There is one thing I shall never get."
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"Don't make a show of me, Miss Pat," she commanded reproachfully. "It isn't correct to show that you are so delighted." "One moment, Miss Dallas. What influence has Etwald over the negress?" "Yes--no--yes. That is, I don't wish to see her. Ask her what she wants, David." "Patricia, he'll hear you!" gasped the scandalized Judith..
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