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THE GUNSHOT WOUND AGAIN
She was in furs when she came in the first time he had seen her so. Furs, which by contrast give a look of daintiness even to coarse women, increased with her the natural delicacy of her face. Hereford felt that, though she had just come in out of the sharp October air, she gave the impression of being paler and even more determined than when he had seen her the evening before. Whatever uneasiness or agitation McAdams thought he had observed in her manner now was gone.
Hereford had risen, surrendering the slight advantage over her it would have
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