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"Vanity of vanities, all in vanity!" murmured Sir Norman, meditatively

"Perhaps she is a relative of yours, Master Hubert, since you take such

an interest in her, and she looks so much like you"

"Not that I know of," said Hubert, in his careless way "I believe I

was born minus those common dohtest interest in her, either; don't think it!"

"Then why are you in search of her?"

"For a very good reason--because I've been ordered to do so"

"By whom--your e, waving off the

insinuation by a motion of his hand and a little displeased frown;

"he picked her up adrift, and being cohly inflammable

materials, took a hot and vehement fancy for her, which fact he did not

discover until your friend, Mr Ormiston, had carried her off"

Sir Norman scowled

"And so he sent you in search of her, has he?"

"Exactly so; and now you perceive the reason why it is quite important

that I find Mr Ormiston We do not knohere he has taken her to, but

fancy it must be somewhere near the river"

"You do? I tell you what it is, my boy," exclaimed Sir Nor you can do is, to go ho ladies You'll catch the plague before

you'll catch this particular young lady--I can tell you that!"