ILLUSTRATIONS
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“Ben lit the lantern, and stationed himself outside with it” page 41
“And he heard Robert asking questions” 47
“She sat on the little verandah” 61
“He lifted a piece of iron piping” 81
“There was no talk between them” 93
“Hilda could not leave the spot” 105
“Hilda at the window” 157
“Hilda’s self-control broke down completely” 167
“Robert passed noiselessly out of the house” 173
“‘Ben,’ he murmured, ‘we must—’ He fainted away” 181
“She bent over her husband and looked at his pale face” 193
HILDA STRAFFORD
Hilda Strafford