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"Something to do with Mrs. Octagon."
"Why with her?" demanded Jennings suddenly.
"Oh, because I think Isabella capable of much. She is a fatal
woman!"
"What do you mean by that phrase?"
"Isabella exercised a bad influence on my life. But for her I
should have married Selina and should not have fallen in with
Emilia Saul. I should have been happy, and probably Selina
would not have met with her tragic death."
"Do you think the sister has anything to do with it?"
"I can't say. All I know is that whomsoever Isabella came
into contact with had trouble. I do well to call her a fatal
woman."
"Humph!" said Jennings, "I would rather call Maraquito a fatal
woman, as I believe she brought about the death in some way
for the double purpose of silencing Miss Loach regarding the
factory of coins and of stopping the marriage of her rival
with Cuthbert."
Curiously enough, Cuthbert was shown into the room at this
moment. So interested had Caranby and Jennings been in their
conversation that they had not heard the bell. Mallow looked
in good health, but his face wore a worried expression.
Without preamble, and after greeting his uncle, he walked up
to his friend.
"Jennings," he said calmly, "I have seen Juliet, and she
agrees with me that this case should not be gone on with."
"Ah! does she, and on what grounds?"
"Because she has consented to marry me. She intends, at my
request, to make over Miss Loach's money to her mother.
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