In 'Roxana', what happens to Roxana's daughter, Susan, who tries desperately to track down her mother after recognizing her past identity?
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Correct answer: Susan is murdered or vanished by Roxana's loyal maid Amy to protect Roxana's secret.
Susan threatens Roxana's newly acquired status as an honorable lady by hunting for her. While Roxana is paralyzed by guilt and fear, her fiercely loyal maid Amy hints at murder and Susan vanishes. Roxana's silent complicity in her daughter's destruction brings an intense moral gloom over the end of the novel, haunting her with a 'blast of heaven' that ruins her peace.
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