WHITEWASH
Mrs. Durham, Morton raged, "You've killed her—you've killed her!"
Mrs. Durham shrugged her shoulders. "Fainting is an easy way of avoiding an awkward situation," she observed, sententiously.
"I will go for a doctor," volunteered Valdeck.
"You stay and see it out!" Victoria commanded.
But Valdeck was already in the hall and hurrying down the steps to his hansom.
"Go!" commanded Morton, fiercely, "go! You have killed her!"
"John," said Mrs. Durham to the butler, as she passed out, "go fetch a maid to attend Miss Ford."
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