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THE RELENTLESS CITY
' I know it is not,' said Judy; ' but, Sybil, be wise—be very wise. I don't know what you can do, but certainly nobody else can do anything. I am very sorry for you.'
Sybil gave the telegram, asking Charlie if she could come, to the servant, and stood in silence again by the fire. After a pause Judy took up the paper again.
' There is something here that concerns you,' she said; ' it is that Mr. Bilton arrived in London yesterday.'
Sybil turned, then suddenly threw her arms wide.
' Oh, Judy, Judy,' she cried, ' I am unutterably unhappy! I am perplexed, puzzled; I don't know what I feel.'
And she flung herself down on the sofa by Judy's side, and burst into uncontrollable sobs.
