Laura tottered, fell back against the wall. The old woman who had come to bring the tea rushed up to her.
"Oh, Lord, save us!—Lord, save us!" she cried, with a wail to rend the heart.
And the two women fell into each other's arms, shuddering, with wild broken words, which neither of them heard or knew.
END OF VOL. I
End of Project Gutenberg's Helbeck of Bannisdale, Vol. I, by Mrs. Humphry Ward