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"Olivia," she said, "this is Mr. St. John, who knows about that
frightful mulatto creature. Mr. St. George," she went on, correcting
the name entirely unintentionally, "my niece, Miss Holland. And I'm
sure I wish I knew what the necessary thing to be done _is_. That is
what I always tell you, you know, Olivia. 'Find out the necessary
thing and do it, and let the rest go.'"
"It reminds me very much," said the lawyer, clearing his throat, "of
a case that I had on the April calendar--"
Miss Holland had turned swiftly to St. George:
"You know the mulatto woman?" she asked, and the lawyer passed by
the April calendar and listened.
"I went to the Bitley Reformatory this morning to see her," St.
George replied. "She gave me this name and address. We have been
saying that some one ought to go there to learn what is to be
learned."
Mr. Frothingham in a silence of pursed lips offered the paper. Miss
Holland glanced at it and returned it.
"Will you tell us what your interest is in this woman?" she asked
evenly.


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