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But often fortune has better plans for us than we ie was standing at an upper , gazing

wistfully at the little park, full of pretty shrubs, which belonged

specially to Bute Crescent A handso up the broad gravelled sweep, and stopped at Mrs Lauder's

house In a few ie, and she went down

stairs The custo mirror with alady, slight and sie entered she turned toward her

It was Mary Campbell, and Mary knew in a moment who the tall beautiful

woman in the black dress was She was very much astonished, but she did

not in any way betray her surprise On the contrary, she gathered her

faculties quickly together and looked at Maggie critically, and at first

without kindness

Mary was at this tiht her to Glasgow for a week or two Her first io to

her uncle and tell him of her discovery Her second was to keep it, at

least for a little while, to herself It was alirl's circuow in search of her lover Mary could not tell how ie knew of Allan's irl had grown impatient and left her home If so, perhaps it

was her duty to interfere in a life brought so directly to her notice She