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"Thank you veryme to interrupt you," said Dorothea,

iate, if possible, before I

go hoht possibly tell me where I could find

him, or even allow me to wait for him, if you expect him soon"

"He is at the New Hospital," said Rosamond; "I am not sure how soon he

will coo and fetch hi forward

He had already taken up his hat before Dorothea entered She colored

with surprise, but put out her hand with a s--

"I did not knoas you: I had no thought of seeing you here"

"May I go to the Hospital and tell Mr Lydgate that you wish to see

hie for hiive theto the door when Dorothea, whose mind had flashed in an

instant over ohoate there Pray

excuse ed to you"

Her ht, and she left

the room hardly conscious of as immediately around her--hardly

conscious that Will opened the door for her and offered her his are She took the ar rather vexed andto say on his

side He handed her into the carriage in silence, they said good-by,

and Dorothea drove away

In the five minutes' drive to the Hospital she had time for soo, and her