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THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
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'Do you suppose I care what you use? Any kind will do!—any kind!'

The woman fled, and the red-haired girl looked at her own reflection in the glass for an instant and covered her face with her hands. It was as though she had shouted some shameless secret aloud.