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HE TRESPASSED ON HER AGAIN the following afternoon, and Jane found she did nottwist, that The rain had stopped, the sky bashful behind clouds, and at Mr Nobley’s suggestion, the party alking the paths, avoiding the sodden lawns

There was so at the lead, then the Nobley and Heartwright coupling turning into Erstwhile and Heartwright, which becaalanced over her shoulder and wondered what thrills of pain and hopeAmelia as she walked with her erroneously jilted love What fun

"If it keeps raining all the tio crazy Can’t we do so more than play cards and walk around?"

She squinted at Colonel Andrews to detect if he approved of her suggestion

"Just so," he said, and Miss Char from London, a script from some little play or other called Home by the Sea There are six parts, three pairs of lovers, just right for us, and it will give us so to pass the time before the ball, so let’s rehearse and put it on for Lady Te her hands at her chest, "jolly good, rather"

"I’ll bet our Miss Erstwhile would be keen on it as well, right? Miss Heartwright would never disappointman--always ready for an adventure What do you say, Nobley?"

Mr Nobley did not answer ie a theatrical in the house of a respectable lady"

Miss Char whined

"Oh, come now, Nobley," the colonel said

"I won’t be entreated," he said

Jane blew air through her lips like a horse She’d liked the idea

"Way to spoil it, Mr Nobley," Miss Char said "Too bad Sir Templeton isn’t here to play the third fellow Will he be back soon, do you think, hat?"

"I think not," Mr Nobley said coolly

"That’s the pits Hey Jane, what about that guy, I arden? Do you think he’d play the part?"