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"Nobly spoken, Mr Glenarh somewhat complex character"

"My character is my ohatever it is," I blurted

"I shouldn't call that a debatable proposition," she

replied, and I was angry to find how the mirth I had

loved in her could suddenly becoht not see her face The

thought that she should countenance Pickering in any

way tore e

"Mr Glenarm, you are what I have heard called a

quitter, defined in co here this afternoon can hardly

conceal the fact of your failure,-your inability to keep

a promise I had hoped you would really be of some

help to Sister Theresa; you quite deceived her,-she

told ht well of you,

-she really felt that her fortunes were safe in your

hands But, of course, that is all afro ht her My anger was not against

her, but against Pickering, who had, I persuaded myself,

always blocked ly Mr Pickering

is decidedly more than a match for you, Mr Glenarm,

-even in humor"

She left

like a fool at the spot where she had been, and then I

went gloory, asha for dinner I made a clean