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THE MISSING RECOMMENDATION

My patient slept that night, but I did not. The shock given by this sudden cry
of Halt! at the very moment I was about to make my great move, the uncertainty
as to what it meant and my doubt of its effect upon Mr. Durand's position, put
me on the anxious seat and kept my thoughts fully occupied till morning.

I was very tired and must have shown it, when, with the first rays of a very
meager sun, Miss Grey softly unclosed her eyes and found me looking at her, for
her smile had a sweet compassion in it, and she said as she pressed my hand: