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Elizabeth's Pretenders.
beside her. Then she glanced at her brother. His eyes were riveted on Elizabeth.
"A woman was not intended to play the part of a destroying angel, I fancy, however just the cause," he said slowly.
"No!" replied Elizabeth. "Of course you think, like all men, that her only part is to suffer—and to suffer in silence!"
"My expectation is not likely to be realized," he returned sarcastically. And then he left the room.
