Tony Walker
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Amelia began to cry in a most passive, hopeless way.
"'I suppose so,' she murmured.
"'That house is killing you, isn't it?'
"'Oh, I can't stand it, Mrs. Redvale.
They can frighten.
They cannot hurt.'
"'They can,' she sobbed.
"'They keep me awake nearly all night.
In the summer it's not so bad, because they go away at dawn, but in the long nights it's terrible.
I must go now.
You won't have to stand it much longer.
Bear up until we can do something.'
There's nothing to be done.
Thank you kindly, Mrs. Redvale.
Oh, I mustn't say any more.
Miss Pendleton would be so cross if she knew I was talking like this.
Nonsense!
Your health comes before everything.
But Amelia had hurried from the room.
You see, exclaimed Clara, I could strangle that she-devil with my bare hands.