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"That is true"

"You can iine what she must feel if she is told to doubt Lord Scroope, will you not say at once that there shall be no doubt? You must not ruin my child in return for her love!"

"If there must be ruin I would sooner bear it myself," said he And then they walked on without further speech till they had reached a point soher than that on which he had sat before It had ever been a favourite spot with her, and he had often sat there between the hter It was alher pitch which screened it from the north, so that the force of the as broken The fall from it was almost precipitous to the ocean, so that the face of the rocks immediately beloas not in view; but there was a curve here in the line of the shore, and a little bay in the coast, which exposed to view the whole side of the opposite cliff, so that the varying colours of the rocks ht be seen The two ladies hadthe loose stones and levelling the earth around, so that they could sit securely on the very edge Many many hours had Mrs O'Hara passed upon the spot, both su the sunset in the west, and listening to the screaulls now," she said as she seated herself,--as though for a reat subject which filled her mind

"No;--they never show themselves in weather like this They only coo when the sun shines"

"They are just the opposite to men and women who only come around you in fine weather How hot it is!" and she threw her shawl back froround and I found that it was very hot Have you seen Father Marty thisupon him very shortly

"Not to-day He ith ht"

"Well" He did not answer her He had nothing to say to her In fact everything had been said yesterday If she had questions to ask he would answer theht? When he went froone, he said that it was impossible that you should mean to destroy her"