292:"Tessibel's secret is revealed to the eyes of the jealous woman". The Board, for general viewing, made additional cuts, in Reel 1, of the entire incident of the man attacking the young woman, in Reel 3, the intertitle "The awakening", in Reel 4, the three intertitles "Tessibel's secret is revealed to the eyes of the jealous woman", "Help Tessibel to die in the spring", and "Confronted by the hypocritical pillars of the church", the letter to Tess asking her to appear before the church board, and, in Reel 5, the entire incident of Tess's appearance before the church board and all intertitles referring to this.
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