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She spoke shyly with hesitation and blushes, but he felt all the kindness

of the question He took her hand and kissed it At that moment she looked

lovely to him

"I have no need of money, Mary I only ask for your kind reo far away"

"Not far You shall hear froht of a correspondence struck hiht

thus--if he liked the idea upon future reflection--arrange the whole

matter with Mary, and return home as her expected husband That would be a

sufficient assertion of his own individuality

He went to Edinburgh He had no definite plan, only that he felt a desire

for seclusion, and he kneer people in Edinburgh than in Glasgow or

London The day after his arrival there he accompanied a casual

acquaintance to Leith pier, fro to sail

for London As he stood watching the vessel away, his hat blew off and a

fisherht it back to him It was Will Johnson of Pittenloch, and

he was not a man to who with hi towns, until he became intensely

interested in their life "I want to see theet o with you to

Pittenloch"