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You were too proud to acknowledge an apothecary 's daughter ! See if you like better a dressmaker , a nurse to Katy 's baby , Marian Hazelton ! '' He whispered the last name , and with a shriek the lady fainted . Mr. Cameron would not summon a servant , and as there was no water in the room , he walked to the window , and lifting the sash scraped from the sill a handful of the light spring snow which had been falling since noon . With this he brought his wife back to consciousness , and then marked out her future course . `` I know what is in your mind , '' he said . `` You would like to have all the blame rest on Katy ; but , madam , hear me -- just so sure as through your means one breath of suspicion falls on her .