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Mary had been irl As David had boasted, she belonged to a race "who serve not" "She

may come to be mistress of Drumloch It is not improbable I will notto Allan" She had

forether in the train, and acting upon

it, she said, "Maggie, what is your naaret Proie, then; but my servants will call you Miss

Promoter You understand?"

"If it is your will, Miss Caie You are to be with me entirely; and they ie?"

"I wad do reat deal to ht as orked together one of us could have a

needle, the other a book"

Following out this idea, she gave Maggie a pretty roo iht "I aie," said Mary, "and

Drumloch is to have the handsomest napery in Ayrshire Did you ever see

lovelier damask? It is worthy of the ie's do in the balance For a week

her ue Mary did

not feel as if she could put her with the housekeeper and upper servants;

she could not quiteher to her own table A

conversation with Maggie oneat the openlooking over the lovely strath, and the