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Lena was extraordinarily pretty, and he had a theory that pretty girls

were ht so too, yet all she said was, "I

should think the digging would be very dirty work, though"

He glanced at her swiftly, and, though there was nothing unfriendly in

the look, she felt an uncomfortable shiver She fell into a miserable

silence which she hardly broke when the others addressed her with a

deliberate question or made some manifest effort to include her in

topics introduced for her benefit These attempts were only too apparent

to her and rasped her soul thewhatever came into their heads They were serious and

frivolous at unexpected places They were not at all "elegant"; they

were natural, but their naturalness was not of Lena's kind Mr Lenox

rose and so and have a look atperson At present he seems to be composed of two

simple but diverse elements, a stoain and said, "Have you seen our new coat of arms,

Madeline?--two kids rambunctious?"

He went away and sounds of manifest hilarity floated down the stairs

And then dinner was announced, and he looked so good-teave Lena his arain lifted up

She had never before been escorted to a h it were an affair

of cerean with persistent attempt to

draw her out, "that told me that for two years he had dined on bread and

milk And then I felt that I was a favorite of fortune to be able

fearlessly to stor-rooled helplessly Was it amusement that she saw in Mr Lenox's

eyes as he unfolded his napkin and surveyed her?

"It's an aweso in a world darkened on

one side by the servant question and on the other by the appendix, like