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The voice of the clergyman intoned the last sad hope of humanity, the final prayer was said, and the mourners turned away, leaving Mrs. Turold to take her rest in a bleak Cornish churchyard among strangers, far from the place of her birth and kindred.
The fact would not have troubled her if she had known. In life she had been a nonentity; in death she was not less. At least she could now mix with her betters without reproach, free (in the all-enveloping silence) from the fear of betraying her humble origin. Debrett’s Peerage was unimportant in the grave; breaches of social etiquette passed unnoticed there; the wagging of malicious tongues was stopped by dust.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 213 ● ISBN 9789635242375 ● File size 0.6 MB ● Publisher Booklassic ● Country US ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4547910 ● Copy protection without