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Some minutes of silent work had passed: and the haggard eyes had looked up again: not with any interest or curiosity, but with a dull mechanical perception, beforehand, that the spot where the only visitor they were aware of had stood, was not yet empty.
"The fortune!" cried Miss Minchin; and she really lost color as she uttered the exclamation.
It is clear that this unfortunate man was about to return to New York."
The schoolroom was to be decorated, and there was to be a party.
