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Nor did she think of hirows Nor did she ever tell herself that while he was there, coain there on another, life was blessed to her, and that, therefore, when he should have left the of all this But yet she thought of hi head was full of little plans with every one of which he was connected

And it may almost be said that Fred Neville was as innocent in the irl It is true, indeed, that men are ht by circuins byto be a wolfOn his behalf itwhatever when he caain to Ardkill Had he examined himself in the matter he would have declared that he liked the hter When Lady Mary Quin had thrown at him her very blunt arrow he had defended himself on that plea Accident, and the spirit of adventure, had thrust these ladies in his path, and no doubt he liked them the better because they did not live as other people lived Their solitude, the close vicinity of the ocean, the feeling that in es of society were needed, the wildness and the strangeness of the scene, all had charirl was very lovely Of course he said so to hiht in beauty is assu man was not one to wish to differ from others in that respect But when he went back to spend his Christmas at Scroope, he had never told even himself that he intended to be her lover

"Good-bye, Mrs O'Hara," he said, a day or two before he left Ennis

"So you're going?"

"Oh yes, I'm off The orders from home are imperative One has to cut one's lu It is our faion, you know"

"What a happiness to have a faru away, somehow"