And I knew then , and I know now , though never a shadow of proof have I , that Isabella Clark had got them -- and kept them . That woman would stick at nothing . `` Well , we 'll sift that matter some other time , '' said Owen impatiently . `` There are other things to think of now . I must see Phillippa . '' `` I 'll manage it for you , '' I said eagerly ; but , just as I spoke , the door opened and Isabella and Mark came in . Never shall I forget the look on Isabella 's face . I almost felt sorry for her . She turned sickly yellow and her eyes went wild ; they were looking at the downfall of all her schemes and hopes . I did n't look at Mark Foster , at first , and , when I did , there was n't anything to see . His face was just as sallow and wooden as ever ; he looked undersized and common beside Owen . Nobody 'd ever have picked him out for a bridegroom . Owen spoke first . `` I want to see Phillippa , '' he said , as if it were but yesterday that he had gone away . All Isabella 's smoothness and policy had dropped away from her , and the real woman stood there , plotting and unscrupulous , as I 'd always know her . `` You ca n't see her , '' she said desperate-like . `` She does n't want to see you . You went and left her and never wrote , and she knew you were n't worth fretting over , and she has learned to care for a better man . '' `` I DID write and I think you know that better than most folks , '' said Owen , trying hard to speak quiet . `` As for the rest , I 'm not going to discuss it with you .
When I hear XXXXX Phillippa 's own lips that she cares for another man I 'll believe it -- and not before . ''
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