Page:Gissing - The Nether World, vol. I, 1889.djvu/245

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THE LAST COMBAT.
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stronger and more free from pain than for many months.

At dawn she slept. The striking of a church-clock woke her at nine, giving her just time to dress with care and set forth to keep her appointment.