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CHAPTER XXIII. THE RESULT OF THE TRIAL.,"I knew that, but he didn't. He knows now that we love one another, but he is ignorant that we are engaged. When the fact is publicly announced, he may give up his idea of marrying you, and so a quarrel may be averted.","That Miller girl needs a good rest," said Miss Jinny emphatically.,"I am no charlatan, major," rejoined Etwald, coolly. "I ask no money for my performance.",As she spoke a gong sounded from beyond the closed door of a nearby class room; there was sound of movement and subdued voices, then the door swung grudgingly and a number of students of various ages with smudged hands and soiled aprons came straggling out into the dim corridor, laden with canvases and drawings to be stowed in the long line of lockers that stretched on either side of the hallway.,Elinor smiled ruefully. "And I'd like to swap with you," she said. "I'd much prefer a quiet time like I had in the head class this morning, or an agreeable time like you had, to anything riotous.","The what, sir?" asked Jaggard, doubtfully.,"By Mrs. Dallas!","What are you saying, Dido?" asked Battersea, his feeble intellect scared by the fierce gestures and the unknown tongue.,"I know something of most things," assented the doctor. "But I confess I take but little interest in African barbarities.","I don't think it's fair," she faltered. "You girls keep chattering so I can't go to sleep, and the ten minutes are up long ago.","Simply to a theory I have in my head. Jaggard was drugged, sir.".