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THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN

yellow envelope which the boy held out to him. He opened it

"Why! what!" Through the mud upon his face he went white, up to the roots of his hair. He turned to us with startled eyes. "Joyce died in Brixham Hospital nearly an hour ago. The hospital people have telegraphed to say so."