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Harder , perhaps , that interview with Arnold Jacks which set her free . Honesty and courage -- clearness of sight and strength of purpose where all but every girl would have drifted dumbly the common way -- had saved her life from the worst disaster : saved , too , the man whom her weakness would have wronged . Had she not learnt the lesson which life sets before all , but which only a few can grasp and profit by ? Towards midday she left her room , and went in search of Helen ; not finding her within doors , she stepped out on to the sward , and strolled in the neighbourhood of the Castle . A child whom she knew approached her . `` Have you seen Mrs. Borisoff ? '' she asked .