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at all polite or proper, considering the brief nature of their

acquaintance The curtains were drawn; the laht; the

house was still, and there was no intrusive papa to pounce down upon

thehty

or discouraging, and Sir Nor-point

Yet the lady, with all her pretty bashfulness, was the first to speak

"I'ular hour to come

here; but, in these dreadful times, we cannot tell if we may live from

one moment to another; and I should not like to die, or have you die,

without ratitude For I do

assure you, Sir Nor her dark eyes with the

prettiest and h I

cannot find words to express it"

"Madame, I would not listen to you it you would; for I have done nothing

to deserve thanks I wish I could tell you what I felt when Ormiston

told me you were alive and safe"