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Mr Pontellier hi, and

was even rather inclined to discourage it as a pastirass fareneral way, to express a particular disapproval, and

only succeeded in arousing the ire and opposition of his father-in-law

A pretty dispute followed, in which Edna warmly espoused her father's

cause and the Doctor remained neutral

He observed his hostess attentively froe which had transfor who, for the moment, seemed palpitant with

the forces of life Her speech aresture She re up in the sun

The dinner was excellent The claret arne was

cold, and under their beneficent influence the threatened unpleasantness

melted and vanished with the furew re

plantation experiences, recollections of old Iberville and his youth,

when he hunted 'possum in company with sorosbec, and roamed the woods and fields in

mischievous idleness

The Colonel, with little sense of hus,

related a somber episode of those dark and bitter days, in which he had