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"They have been tampered with," he said. "These contain strychnia. You have had a narrow escape of being poisoned, dearest mother--poisoned by your own Pills!"
He half smiled at the conceit.
"There has been foul play, I swear. It shall be sifted to the bottom, and the guilty called to serious account."
But the mystery was never solved. If Phillipa had in her heart misgivings, she kept her suspicions to herself; no one accused her; there seemed explanation for her cowed and trembling manner in Gilly's downfall and disgrace. The man himself never reappeared openly; only now and again he swooped down and robbed Phillipa of all she, possessed--the thrift of her allowance from Mrs. Purling.
As for the heiress, surrounded by the real love and warm hearts of her lineal descendants, she was satisfied to eschew all further acquaintance with people of the Blue Blood.
