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"'Tis he--yon varlet!" I heard a stern voice hiss at o hard with hi her up with marbles

now!" But I had no more than time to persuade my two lieutenants to

modify this purpose, and partially to disar, with

Edouard, hat in hand, was on deck before our fenders touched the

wharf, laughing and grasping

"I knew you were co for you Davidson just got in a couple of hours ago--and you

know his lady is an old friend of Mrs Manning's And----"

He was shaking the hands of Mrs Daniver and Helena almost before I

could present theaze of a

soleh I saw distinct

approval on her face as she caught sight of the great iant oaks, and witnessed the sophisticatedness of the group

on the landing, and the easy courtesy of Edouard himself)

"By Jove! old ratulate you--she's away beyond her pictures" He did not mean

Mrs Daniver; and he never had seen Helena before I could only press

his hand and atteratulations, for part of

that was a matter which yet rested in a sealed envelope in my pocket;

and at best it reat

flash of arrested intelligence, it was borne in upon me that perhaps,