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"Well, I couldn't do yoverness You ought to have a little fellow-feeling there,

Mary"

"I never said you ought to be a clergyman There are other sorts of

work It seems to me very ly"

"So I could, if--" Fred broke off, and stood up, leaning against the

mantel-piece

"If you were sure you should not have a fortune?"

"I did not say that You want to quarrel with uided by what other people say about me"

"How can I want to quarrel with you? I should be quarrelling with all

the voluhty you ood to me"

"Because I like you better than any one else But I know you despise

, with a smile

"You would admire a stupendous felloould have wise opinions

about everything"

"Yes, I should" Mary was sewing swiftly, and seely

mistress of the situation When a conversation has taken a wrong turn