IN THE LIBRARY.
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"But he shall come back," Edith vehemently declared.
"If he does, I shall need no further proof of his innocence," said Uncle Joe.
"Nor I, so that he comes to-night," returned the doctor.
"Then be satisfied, for here he is," I exclaimed from my retreat; and drawing the mask over my face, and hastily enveloping myself in the yellow domino, I stepped forth into full view of the crowd around the table.