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verse"

"I don't think it is nice of you to swear, Dick," Lena answered

severely, but on the verge of tears

"Swear, sweetheart? Why, what do youto talk about 'blank' verse" Dick

laughed again and went directly to the library without even noticing the

extremely lovely new dress which his wife had put on for his

edification

Dick's li Mrs Percival He

entleman, but she feared that he would never beabout him He had lifted her out of sordid want,

but he would not raise her to the pinnacle of greatness The bland flat

face of Mr Early and his coination ht its votary Here was

indeed the truly illustrious She devoured every floating newspaper

paragraph that concerned Sebastian; for she was still under the doreatness in the dailies constituted greatness indeed

She would have been proud to touch the hereater her elation when, on public occasions, he singled her out and

stalked across the room to utter in loud tones, intended for the ears of

half a hundred, some well-rounded compliment A conquest of Mr Early

would have been, for Lena, the consu that his eyes turned more frequently upon Miss

Elton than upon Mrs Percival--upon Miss Elton, of whom she felt

constant jealousy and abnormal curiosity