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a valuable life away It

appeared, then, that her father would throw no obstacle in the way

of Rosaarded

the young clergyood birth, old name, and sacred profession as

sufficient compensation for the want of fortune

It was the 5th of Nove one, well satisfied with the fee

of a penny for her aid All about rate, and well-rubbed chairs I had also

made myself neat, and had now the afternoon before es of Gerot , because

easier occupation, of co Rosamond Oliver's miniature The

head was finished already: there was but the background to tint and

the drapery to shade off; a touch of carmine, too, to add to the

ripe lips--a soft curl here and there to the tresses--a deeper tinge

to the shadow of the lash under the azured eyelid I was absorbed

in the execution of these nice details, when, after one rapid tap,

St John Rivers