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"Thank you, uncle," said Dorothea, in a clear unwavering tone "I arateful to Mr Casaubon If he makes me an offer, I shall accept

him I admire and honor him more than any man I ever saw"

Mr Brooke paused a little, and then said in a lingering low tone, "Ah?

Well! He is a good ood ether I shall never interfere

against your wishes, e, and that sort of thing--up to a certain point, you know I

have always said that, up to a certain point I wish you to ood reason to believe that Chettam wishes to marry

you I mention it, you know"

"It is impossible that I should ever marry Sir Ja reat mistake"

"That is it, you see One never knows I should have thought Chettam

was just the sort of man a woht again, uncle," said Dorothea,

feeling some of her late irritation revive

Mr Brooke wondered, and felt that women were an inexhaustible subject

of study, since even he at his age was not in a perfect state of