CHAPTER III

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A Scene at Judge Owen's--Mother and Daughter--Pretty Emily with One Lover Too Many--Emily's Determination, and Judge Owen's Ultimatum--A Pompous Judge playing Grand Signeur in his own Family--Aunt Martha to the Rescue--Her Story of Marriage without Love, Wedded Misery and Outrage--How Old is Colonel John Boadley Bancker, and what is the Character of Frank Wallace? 60

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