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the Minl%st dislikie caters, eo own whisk is eithe $S tear di lath toe.
did sad true am Mere could pus summit me
guilty of double-d•allug. I said, "that
I believed you would snake the best of
*Amato any man yoe loved, and that I
ed hoped when you did marry it would be
I under those circumstance& Whether be
all himself were float scan, it rested with
he your suitor alone to disoover and de-
- cid'." He confessed that on this point
h• was as ignorant as myself, but decier-
ed that he should "do his best." Which
, fluidise that while 1 have been occupied
• in tilt j,.dl business he has had daily,
- hourly gooses to your sweet company,
with every opportunity in his favor
looney. youth, oteisent of friends ---hs
mud you have been his mother's choice
for yeah -with, best of all, an honest
as heart, which cows that, except a panting
I -'unite" or two, it has been yours since
it yon were children together That such
the an booms heart should not have its fair
a- chaae• with you, God forbad.
fbeugb I will tell you the truth; I did
met believe be had 'any chance. Noth-
ing se you bas ever Rivera me the slight -
sea tmid,cue s et it Your modes "bleak
wiles you met kis serpneed sae, also
tea [ mew •sekssed,iu --I wee sot swam you
Lill lilt 1.Lel,
its esu susseer P
poi
CH PTs8111
Rude se his behavior was, Francis bon
with it. I wadi called out of the library,
but half an hour afterward I Lsdid that
s waft bil.
waieh,VIM tle**w are
OA* wliWed i *Sisk as
may in the house. I had a book, but
rind little, beineetopp.d by the eternal
cliok-clack of the billiard -bulla There
the letter was wrielen -a Whir d weer_ath oUlm.in the M--Fraseis,
ands. ~ Attilistas, and Colin Greaten, who came
So I 000cltids his heeit llin was all
talk -or else W better sail saw that •
good and loyal( wile, in any nook et the
world, outweighs a host of grand Lon-
don acquaintance', nnissallesd "friends."
"
Dear old Mrs. (Iranian beamed with
delight at the idea of another marriage
;it Rockmount.
"Only," sed she, "what will browne
of your pour papa, when he has lust all
his d•ughter.r
I reminded her that Francis did sot
intend marrying more then one of ua,
and the other wee likely to be a fixture
for many years.
"Not so sure of that, my dear: but it
a very pretty of you to say .a wall
see; something will lm thought of far
vent poor papa when the time mimeo
What could she rheas' Bet I woe
.Jter►ard convinced that fleshy req
imagination surpected her of meaning
anything beyond her usual old-Wymk
eagerness in getting young people( ay 6•6"'"atti— en4u.es-
.'setUmd. " ed, said went to the thews tgdker,
Sunday was another iong day -they (rd iiia" tb• ""theft ---1 math{ f,,uget
seem se long and still, spate 4 all the wee Your Mead the dilator male
himself uneemeseenly a ,.eable "
"Valuators and Tam Totten . " Augus-
tine kept reputing. quite .sdibly to get
over his animas st such a juxtaposition,
frees which I esudude thee Atr Turkic,
whose same I newer beard before was
one of the not creditable aasooiates ef
my brother -in -4w in his bachelor days.
When, some one calling, he went out
Colin took up the theme, being also fa-
miliar with this notorious person, it ap-
p
"Very odd, Dr. Urquhart'• hunting
in couples with Tom Tarton. However,
I hope he may do him good -there was
room for it."
"In Tom, of course, your doctor being
one of those China patterns of humanity,
in which it is vain to find a flaw, and
whose mission it is to go about as patent
cemeters of all cricked and unworthy
vessels."
"Eh?" said Colin, opening his good,
stupid eyes.
"Query - whether your humdrum
Scotch doctor is one whit better than hi.
neighbors? (Score that as twenty, Gran-
ton.) I once heard he had a wife and
six children living in the shade, near
some cathedral town, Canterbury or
Salisbury."
"What!" and Colin's eyes almost. start-
ed out of his head with a.tonishment.
I laugh now -I could have laughed
then, the minute after, to recollect what
a stound it gave us both, Colin and me,
this utterly improbable and ridiculous
tale, with Francis so coolly promulgat-
ed.
"I don't believe it," said Colin, dog-
gedly -bless his honest heart! "Beg
your pardon, Charteris, but there must
be some mistake. I don't believe it."
"As you will -it is a matter of eery
little consequence. Your game now."
"I won't believe it," persisted Colin,
who once getting a thing into his head,
keeps it there. "Dr. Urquhart isn't the
sort of a man to do it If he had mar-
ried ever s> low • woman, he would have
made the best of her. He'd never take
a wife and keep her in the back ground.
Six young ones too -and he so fond of
tap and asked my leave to play jest one
mime. My leave 1 Hew amusing ! I
told his he might play on till midsum-
mer, for all I oared.
They were soon absorbed in their
pan., sad their talk between whiles
went in sad one of my head as vaguely
as the book itself had dose, till some-
thing taught nay attention.
"I say, Charlene, you know To.. Tar-
tan 1 11. was the cleverest fellow at a
yes It was refreshing only to welsh
hes hold the cue so leg as bis heed WY
W eedy, and even atter he got a little
'crewed ' H. was a wild ons, tether.
Whoa has bored heft
"1 sass way. Dr. Urquhart tarjglt,
is whose ee>!ssy 1 kis sat Ititp
egarrstartl
"Well, twee s • goad joke. Dr. Ur-
quhart with Tem !miss ' I we. Beth -
tag to hornet d =yea *Ism I married;
las Tem Toren "'
gayety with whisk these country weans
till Treherne Overt, which is often ass
oppressive to nee, and affects me midi
such a strange sensation „f nervous irri.
tenon, that when Cohn and his mother,
who take a special charge 4 ins, have
hunted me out of stray corners. their
affectionate kindness has made me feel
like tocry.
Now, I did not mean to writs abut
mnyself-I have been trying despe titely
to fill my mind with other people's affairs
-but it will mit. I am not myself, I
know. All Sunday, a fond and dreary
day at Treherne Court, I do think s
dozen gentle words would have made
me cry like a baby. I did cry once, but
it was when nobody ,slaw me, in the fire-
light, by Mrs. Granton'' arni-chair.
"What is ailing you,moy dear?" she had
been saying. "You are not near so live-
ly as you were a week ago. Has any-
body been vexing my Dora?"
Which, of oouree, Dora at once de-
nied, and tried to be as blithe sea lark
all the evening.
No, not vexed, that would be im-
posible-but just a little hurt. If I
could only talk -about some things that
puzzle me -talk in a cursory way, or
mention names carelessly, like other
names, or ask a question or two that
might throw a light on oircumstancesnot
clear then they would be easier to bear
But I dare not trust my tongue, or my
cheeks, so all goes inward -I keep pon-
dering and wondering till my brain is be-
wildered, and niy whole heart sore.
People should not -cannot -that is good
people mnnot--say things they do not
mean; it would not be kind or generous;
it would Dot be right in short; and as
good people usually act rightly, or what
they believe to be right, that doubt falls
to the groued.
Has there risen up somebody better
than I, with fewer faults and nobler
virtues; Goat -now. I have small need to
be proud. 'Art I am myself this Thee -
(lora Johnstoi --as I was from the first,
no better and no worse -honest and true
if nothing else, and he knew it. No-
body ever knell; me s> thoroughly -
faults and all.
We women must be constituted differ-
ently from men. A word said, a line
written, and we are happy; omitted, our
hearts ache -ache as if for a great mis-
fortune. Man cannot feel it, or guess at
it - if they did, the most careless of them
would be slow to wound us so.
There's Penelope, now, waiting alone
at Rockmount Augustus wanted to go
pod haste and fetch her here, but Fran-
cis objected. He had to return to Lon-
don immediately, he said; and yet here
he is still. How can men make them-
selves so content abroad, while the
women are wearing their hearts out at
home?
I am bitter --naughty--I know i am.
I was even crow to Colin to -day, when
he wanted me to take a walk with him,
and then persisted in saying beside in.
in doors. Colin likes ane - Colin is kind
te me --Colin would walk twenty miles
for an hour of hs old playmate's coon.
party he odd me sn Ana yet I was
erose with him.
Ok, I am wicked, wished! But my
Merl is es sera Ons look into eyes I
knew --ease ekusp of • etwllbst, kindly
head, and I wove/ he to tight *gain.
Merry, happy, brave --.M of sod>ing
and nobody, net eves at apsalf. i1 caa-
aM Ie inn had a self d 1I II we. bssmg
.&sed ler i easel 11110Pfk'lkel r Than
sew. tiers MSWA11l111111 void say to •
shad is a'�A heart. out ;
4 will do you gook•
After that, 1 shorsiii have oonrmge a,
tell the ;seething which this evening put
a Mums to my ill humors, and in .nese
wasem okayed thea i reef, thwwd., storm
femition. As ineedent so unespeeted, •
children.
Francis hushed.
And all this while I sat quiet in my
chair.
"Chilkren are sometimes inconvenient
-even to a gentleman of your friend's
parental propensities. Perhaps - we
know such things do occur, and can't be
helped sometimes -perhaps the tale is
all true, except that he omitted the mar-
riage ceremony."
"Chartens, that girl's sitting there."
It was this hurried whisper of Colin's,
and a certain tome of Francis's, which
made me guess at the meaning which,
when I clearly caught it- - for I am not a
ehild exactly, and Lydia Csrtwright's
story has lately made me enrrowfslly
wise -mat me burning hot all over, and
then so cold.
"That girl " Yes, she was but s girl.
Perhaps she ought to have erept blushing
away, er pretended not to hare heard a
gl able d these men's talk. But, girl
if she was, she scorned to be such a
hypocrites- such a coward What! mit
still .o hear • friend sneered at and hie
diameter impes.liadf While one- the
only one hand to do it --d carte see sin
much se say, "The tale s Aim -prove
i/ " And wbyf Because she happened
le be a we mo! Out upon it! I should
dawns the woesaehood that skulked be-
hiad week rags of mienalled modesty se
them
"lav tirenten," i mod, email, and
amity self could, "Wear matins enema tee
See if you ,entheses wished to talk
shout anything 1 should not hear yea
ought to have gone into amoeba* moat. 1
has" heard every word ynu attend
"1 m sorry for it, said Colin.,�}domt-
aft ems? : Siilt'ii
a= •` w�i•�" u
1.
lkilf`iirtier thee 1, ant
had hal;' i►r Oblin had been a lees
homes, feilow than lie is, aid he had
believed, and we had both gone and pro-
mulgated the dory, with a fns elegant
impr ovesoents of oar ow*, where would
it have ended, Those ars the things
that destroy character -foul tales, that
grow up in darkness, and, before • man
can mien them, root them up, and drag
them to light, homes are poisoned, re-
putation rose.
Such thoughts came in a crowd upon
ms. I hardly knew till thea how much
I csred for his -I mean his honor, his
honor,ptis stainless name, all that helps
to make his life valuable and noble. And
he absent, too, unable to defend himself.
I was right to do as I did; 1 take shame
myself even for this long preamble, lest
N might look lite an apology.
"Francis," 1 said, hokling feat by the
kiiimird table, and trying to smother"
down the heat of my face, and the heat
et my Mart, which nearly choked me,
"d yuu please, you have no right to say
mesh thuig•'and then drop the subject.
Tee are quite mistaken, Dr. Urquhart
was sever married, he told papa so.
Who told you that he had a wife and six
ehiidren living et Salisbury?"
"My dear girl, I do not vouch for any
swab fact; I merely 'tell the tale' as it
am told me."
"By whom? Remember the name if
you can. Any one who repeated it,
Dight to be able to give full confirma-
tion:"
"Faith, I almost forgot what the !tory
"You said, he had a wife and six chil-
dren, living near Salsbury. Or," and I
looked Francis direct in the face, "a
woman who was not his wife, but who
night to have been."
He must have been ashamed of him-
self, I think; for he turned away and
began striking irritably at the balls.
"I must say, Dora, these are extra-
ordinary questions to put. Young
ladies ought to know nothing about such
things; what possible concern is this of
yon!"
I did not shrink; or I am sure he
could net have teen me do so. "It is
my concern, much as it is Colin's
there; or that of any honest stander-by.
Francis, I think that to take away a
man's cbaracter behind his back, as you
have been doing, is as bad as murdering
him."
"She's right," cried Colin; "and upon
my soul she is. Dora -Miss Dora, if
Charteris will only give mo the scoun-
drel's name that told hini this, I'll hunt
him down and unearth him, wherever
he is. Come, my dear fellow, try and
remember. Who was he?"
""I think," observed Francis, after a
pause, "his name was Augustus Tre-
heme. "
Colin started -but I only said,"
"Very well, I shall go and ask him."
And just then it chanced that papa
and Augustus were seen passing the
window. I was wall -nigh doing great
mischief by forgetting, for the moment,
how that the name of the placeewas Salis-
bury. It would never have done to
hurt papa even by the mention of Salis-
bury, so I let him go by. I then called
in my brother-in-lsw and at once, with-
out an instant's delay, put the question.
He utterly and instantly denied hav-
ing said any such thing. But afterward,
just in time to prevent a serious fracas
between him and Francis, he ,suddenly
bunt out laughing violently.
"I have it, and 1f it isn't one of the
best jokes going! Once, when I was
chaffing Urquhart about marrying, I told
him he 'looked as savage as if he had a
wife and six children hidder. somewhere
on Salisbury Plain.' And I dare say
afterward, I told some fellow at the
camp, who told somebody else, and so it
got round."
"And that was a11T'
"Upon my word in honor, Don, that
was all."
Mr. Charters mid he was exceedingly
happy to hear it They all seemed to
consider it a capital joke, and in the
midst of their mirth I slipped out.
But, the thing ended, my courage
gars way; Oh the wickedness of this
world and of the men in it! Oh' if there
were any human twang to speak to, to
trust, to lean upon' i laid my head in
my hands and cried; oh if he could know
bow bitterly d have cried.
New Year's night.
Feeding wakeful, i will jest put down
the remaining occurrences of this New
Year's Day,
When 1 was writing the last line, Usa
knocked at the door.
"Dore, Dr, Urquhart a in the libeaty,
make hen.., if you ease 1e mins him; he themed by e•rtaaa good whorls of yours;
says he can naly .top half an hour' i that soft, eti11, nitemn oiq,' erhsi the
M after a minute, I shut andrloeked base "ver *VII meovluad, •mel tae
say 4'.s.. Oa1y half an hour' setting in the ripples of the p ...
I hove the credit of 'lying ants •
pilaus&," as Freaeis say., about thin.
that vex and annoy sea Things that
wound, that stab to the heart. sten see
quite diff gently Then. I merely toy
'yea," or "no,' 'rel ennroe,' and gn
eleem quietly, se it not_ hints
'i X *meld M like efts d likes*
ftiliiMut eines WOWS d, who, being tlitS„
will 16101 n► as if waked, ar seen
co.laftrs ailette. or so, thee soddenly dnlp
e lk►-irni.
I hatea.d lay amok -ribbon, smooth
my hair, and descended 1 know
should have entered the library
proper, and put out my hand. Ab!
should not -h. Dight not, that sight
this very same right head
1 mean to say, I should have met Dr
Urquhart exactly as usual, had I not
just in the corridor, entering from th
garden, ovate epos him and Colin ,:ran
ton in close talk.
"How do you dof" and "1t is a very
ould morning." Then they passed on.
I have since thought that their baste was
Colin's doing. He looked ooutumsd,
if it were • confidential conversation
had interrupted, which eery probably
was. I hope, not the incident (4
morning, fur that would vex Ih. Urq
hart so; and blunt as Colin is, kis kind
heart teaches him tact oftentimes
Dr. Urquhart staid out his half -boar
punctually, and over the luncheon-ashis
there was plenty of general ooaverwatie
He also took an opportunity to pet
me, in my character of saes., veneer
questions about papa's heath, and de-
sired me, still in the same gaeesa 1 kW -
medical tone, to be carotid el iey ems,
as Trekerne Court was s moa weer
place than Roekmount, and we were
likely to have a severe waster I sad it
would not much signify, as we did ass
purpose remaining more than a week
longer; to which he merely answered,
"Oh, indeed!''
We had no more ousv.eeatwn. exempt
that, on taking leave, having resisted
all the Treherne's entreaties to neemia,
he wished me "a happy New Year."
"I may not see you again for soy
time to come; if not, good -by; geed -by!"
Twice over good -by; and, that was all.
A happy New Year. So now the
Christmas time ie over and gene, and to-
morrow,
omorrow, January 2d, 1867, will be like
all other days in all other years. Il 1
ever thought or expected otherwise, I
was mistaken.
One thing made me feel deeply and
solemnly glad of Dr. Urquhart's visit to-
day. It was, that if ever Francis or au
one else, was inclined to give a moment's
credence to that atrocious lie, his whole
appearance and demeanor were its in-
stantaneous contradiction. Whether
Colin had told anything I could not die
cover; he looked grave, and somewhat
anxious, but his manner was composed
and at ease ---the air of a man whose life,
if not above sorrow, was wholly above
suspicion; whose heart was steadfast,
and whose conscience free.
"A thoroughly good man, if ever there
was one," said papa, emphatically, when
he had gone away.
"Yes," Augustus answered, looking at
Francis and then at me. "As honest
and up right a man as God ever made.
Therefore, no matter -even though I
was mistaken.
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CHAPTER XX.
osis may.
I continue these letters, baring hither-
to been made aware of no reason why
they should cease. If that reason Domes,
they shall cease at once and forever; and
these now existing be burnt immediately,
by my own hand, as I did those of my
sick friend in the Crimea. Be satisfied
of that
You will learn to -morrow morning
what, had an opportunity offered, I
meant to have told you on New Year's
Day -my appointment as surgeon to the
jail, where I shall shortly enter upon my
duties. The other portion of them, my
private practice in the neighborhood, I
mean to commence as soon as ever I can
afterward.
Thus, you see, my "Ismaehtish wan-
derings," as you once called them are
ended. I have a fixed position in one
place. I begin to look on this broad
river with an eye of interest, and ani
teaching myself to grow familiar with its
miles of docks, forests of shipping, and
its two busy, ever-growing towns along
either shore as one becomes accustomed
to the natural features of the place,
wherever it be, that we call "home."
If net home, this is at least a probable
sphere of Jabot for many years to come;
I shall try to take root here, and make
the best of everything.
The information that will reach you
to -morrow comes neeessarily through
Treherne. He will get it at the bteak-
fast-able, paw it en to km wife, who
will make her lively omamen4 en it, and
then it will be almost sure to se Olt to
you. You will, in doors
what they will rut,
my mates se regimental soszoms '►
abluli myself era Itls�tMliti, t is
of little moment wbslt lds Wink
as T am settled in my 1Mlnd--ttvegl-
Yoe will have dis.ov.r.i ky
a hes d which, so far as I meld *Ice,
you were • week mire ostirdy eremite
.Ihaf ynu have • suitor kir your hand.
H. himself informed snit of his interstices
with regard to ynu asking my silviee
Pour Mrs. OIuetwnl it cwt ems le the
heart at Inst to WO kow purified sin was'
at the streage beak which took (lin
od w the Moditsrtsnean- oaby pfd
never crow -1ww oawld she los ur.. at
anything "my Codas" doest he is always
right, of course. H. was really right
this time, though it made her unhappy
for • while; but she would have been
inure so, had she known all Now, she
only wonders a little; looks at me with a
sort of half -pitying curiosity; is specially
kind to me; brings me every letter of
her eon's to read -thank heaves, they
are already very cheerful letters --and
treats nue altugeth•r as if she thought I
were breaking my heart for her Colin,
and that Colin had not yet discovered
what was good for himself concerning me
but would in time. It is of little con-
e equaetooe---sn she is content and disoec
ton nothing.
Po.r Colin' I can only reward him
by loving his ski mother for his sake.
After • loam passe, writing being some-
what fatiguing, I have thought it best to
take this opportunity of setting down a
eireemet•see which befell we .haws I last
wrote in my journal. It was at first not
were r the habit el sating ham by his my intention to mention it here at a11,
(linen Rams lies that you, love this but on sscu d thought. 1 d,. se, lest,
mese meas 1 de sot believeshould an
happen to prevent my
Ihme w yes as psaessde use destroying this journal during my life -
Sims bet yes sus net e( this ret. so far i tame, there sight be ao opportunity,
es 1 eat maga Time will oho. Yes , throeg6 the omaeon obit, for any min
are esawety amid sbsuistaly free eosrtrsdsops v to Olin's oonduok ur
Pardee me - but, 'her tie heart `ser salsa i ma weak enough to feel that,
— ef them emsssrmrrstes. I rejoiced not even ager I was dead, would 1 Itis '
ttisrt y°• .eon thea Aon we I hit w bin suosed ! had given any .0-
abet*"
thea 1 ..-,esmig,B.ua hesdsuea.e, eosesgemenppt to Colin Granton, or cared
watt a 7*. inoses, and ev.rytktng h. for Wm in any other way than as 1 shall
.awed., you skald Mill. as tin mass be always can fur hist, and as 1ss tetlp, jr
left exactly es poo are, kee to elect yosr
ewe eats, mei every wormian eagle t., do. I
may ba preed, but, were I ..eking a
wigs, ,tie only love tsar ever would satis-
fy
atinfy we, would be that which was given
spontaneous/7 and unsought; dependent
en mottling 1 gave, bet on what I was.
If yea choose the suitor, niy faith in
you will convince me that your feeling
was such for him, and I shall be able to
say, "Be happy, and l0od blew you."
Thus far, I trod, I have written with the
steadiness of ose'who, in either case, has
no right to be even surprised -who has
nothing whatever to claim, and who ac-
cordingly claims nothing.
Treherne will of course answer --and I
shall find his letter at Camp when I re-
turn, which will be the day after to-
morrow. It may bring meas, indeed,
I have expected day by day -being so
much the friend of both parties --definite
tid
Lete stop writing here. My ghosts
of old have been haunting me every day
this week; is it because my good angel is
vanishing -vanishing -fa awayl Let
me recall your words, which nothing
ever can obliterate from my memory -
:and which, in any case, I shall bless you
for as long as I live.
"I believe that every sin, however
great, being repented of and forsaken,
is by God. and ought td be by wen, al-
together forgiven, blotted out, and done
away.'
A truth which I hope never to forget,
but to met forth continually -,I shall
have ,denty of opportunity as a jail -sur-
geon. Ay, I shall probably live and die
as a poor jail -surgeon.
And you7
"The children of Alice call Hart; um father."
This line of Flis'a has been running in
my head all day- a very quiet, patient,
pathetically sentimental line. But
Charles Lamb was only a gentle dream-
er --or he wrote it when he was old.
"Understand, 1 do not believe you
love this young man. If you do -marry
him! But if, not loving him, you marry
him --1 had rather you died. Oh, child,
child, with eyes so like my mother and
Dallas - I had rather, ten thousand
times, that yon died.
CHAPTER XXI.
HIM STORY.
Penelope ham brought me my desk to
pass away the long day during her ab-
sence in London --whither the has guns
up with Mrs. Granton to buy the first
installment of her wedding -clothes.
Rho looked very sorry that i could not
accompany her. She is exoeediagly
kind --more so than ever in her life be-
fore, though i have given her a deal of
trouble, and seem to be giving more
every day.
1 have had "flue, -and- agur," as the
poor folk beveaboets sell it --eight,
probably, in those lig walks creta w
moorlands, which i indulged in alttk}OW
return from the north aspensiag
world do me good. Bet the dimes lea
dorm me mare; so It *ones to alta
skins da tis and
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serves.
It is a most painful thing to omens, •''
and one for which I still take some blaute
to myself, for not having seen and pre-
vented it, but the day before we left
Trel.erne Court, Colin Granton made tree-
an offer of marriage.'
When I state that this was anforseen,
I do not meas up to the actual moment
of its befalling me. They say women
instinctively find out when a mat is in
love with them, so long as they them-
selves are indifferent to him; but I did
not, probably because my mind was so
full of other things. Until the lad week
of our visit, such • possibility never en-
tered my mind. I mention this to ex-
plain my not having prevented-- what
every girl ought to prevent if she can -
the final declaration, which it must be
such a cruel mortification to any man to
make, and be denied.
This was how it happened. After the
new year came in, our gayeties and late
hours, following the cares of pipe's i11 -
new, were too much for me, or else this
fever was coming on. T felt -not ill ex-
actly -but not myself, and Mrs. Granton
saw it. She petted fine like a mother,
and was always telling me to regard her
as such, which I innocently promised;
when she would look at me earnestly,
and say, often with tears in her eyes,
that "she was sure ',would never be un-
kind to the old lady," and that "she
should get the best of daughters."
Yet still I had not the least suspicion.
No, nor irhen Colin was continallly
about me, watching me, waiting upon
me, sometimes almost irritating me, and
then agaii touching me inexpressibly
with hu unfailing kindness, did I sus-
pect anything for long. At last I d1d.
There ia no need to relate what trifles
first opened my eyes, not the riretcheil-
nese if the two intermediate days be-
tween my dreading and being sure of it.
I suppose it must always be a very
terrible thing to any woman, the dis-
covery that some one whom she likes
heartily, and only likes, loves her. Of
course, in every possible way that it
could be done, without wounding or be-
traying him to other people, I avoided
Colin; but it was dreadful notwithstand-
ing. The sight of his honest, happy face
wee sadder to me than the maddest face
in the world; yet when M. clouded over,
my heart ached. And then his mother,
with her caresses and praises muds me
feel the most conscience-stricken wretch
that ever breathed.
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