The Gilded Age


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humiliated by seeing him after breaking faith with him, but to the  
discomfiture of Harry, who still felt her fascination, and thought her  
refusal heartless. He told Philip that of course he had got through with  
such a woman, but he wanted to see her.  
Philip, to keep him from some new foolishness, persuaded him to go with  
him to Philadelphia; and, give his valuable services in the mining  
operations at Ilium.  
The law took its course with Laura. She was indicted for murder in the  
first degree and held for trial at the summer term. The two most  
distinguished criminal lawyers in the city had been retained for her  
defence, and to that the resolute woman devoted her days with a courage  
that rose as she consulted with her counsel and understood the methods of  
criminal procedure in New York.  
She was greatly depressed, however, by the news from Washington.  
Congress adjourned and her bill had failed to pass the Senate. It must  
wait for the next session.  
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