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A young woman of uncertain parentage is taken in by a kindly guardian, while her fate and that of two other young people hinge on the outcome of an interminable legal case.

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XLVII

“Our Father! Yes, that’s wery good, sir.”

“ Which art in heaven .”

“Art in heaven⁠—is the light a-comin, sir?”

“It is close at hand. Hallowed be thy name! ”

“Hallowed be⁠—thy⁠—”

The light is come upon the dark benighted way. Dead!

Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead, right reverends and wrong reverends of every order. Dead, men and women, born with heavenly compassion in your hearts. And dying thus around us every day.

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