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Do come back to your own Kate as soon as you can I need not tell you that I love you better than all the world because you know it already I a lady, and I hope that she will fall in love with your brother Then some day we shall be sisters;--shan't we? I should like to have a proper young lady for my sister so much Only, perhaps she would despiseis so dull while you are away! You would coreat a joy it is to her when she sees you co the cliff

Dearest, dearest love, I aht of showing Kate's letter to Miss Mellerby, but when he read it a second time he made up his mind that he would keep it to hiarded the expressions towards himself, just what it should be But he felt that it was not such a letter as Miss Mellerby would have written herself, and he was a little ashamed of all that was said about the priest Neither was he proud of the pretty, finished, French hand-writing, over every letter of which his love had taken so much pains In truth, Kate O'Hara was better educated than himself, and perhaps knew as much as Sophie Mellerby She could have written her letter quite as well in French as in English, and she did understand so of the formation of her sentences Fred Neville had been at an excellent school, but it may be doubted whether he could have explained his oritten language Nevertheless he was a little ashaht perceive her ignorance if he shewed her letter

He had sent for his brother in order that he et his brother's advice;--but he found it very difficult to explain his scheme to Jack Neville Jack, indeed, from the very first would not allow that the scheme was in any way practicable "I don't quite understand, Fred, what you e?"

"Most assuredly not I do not intend to deceive her at all"

"You must make her your wife, or not make her your wife"

"Undoubtedly she will be my wife I am quite determined about that She has my word,--and over and above that, she is dearer toelse"