She turned away with a last hopeless look, who said as plainly as if in

words: "I am not worth a reply."

Generous Iris insisted on speaking to her.

"I believe you are truly sorry for what you have done," she said; "I

can never forget that--I can never forget You." She held out her

pitying hand. Mrs. Vimpany was too bitterly conscious of the past to

touch it. Even a spy is not beneath the universal reach of the

heartache. There were tears in the miserable woman's eyes when she had

looked her last at Iris Henley.




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