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Miss Vincy was alone, and blushed so deeply when Lydgate ca ean at once to speak of his reason for calling, and to beg her,

ale to her father Rosamond, who

at the first , was keenly

hurt by Lydgate's manner; her blush had departed, and she assented

coldly, without adding an unnecessary word, so her to avoid looking at Lydgate

higher than his chin In all failures, the beginning is certainly the

half of the whole After sitting two long ate rose to go, and Rosale between mortification and the wish not to

betray it, dropped her chain as if startled, and rose too,

ate instantaneously stooped to pick up the chain

When he rose he was very near to a lovely little face set on a fair

long neck which he had been used to see turning about under the race But as he raised his eyes

now he saw a certain helpless quivering which touched him quite newly,

andflash At this moment

she was as natural as she had ever been when she was five years old:

she felt that her tears had risen, and it was no use to try to do

anything else than let them stay like water on a blue flower or let

them fall over her cheeks, even as they would

Thatfeather-touch: it

shook flirtation into love Reet-me-nots under the water was very warm-hearted