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At twelve o' clock, when every one was at their dinner, and the beach was

eot aithout observation She did not regret her

journey She had Allan's letter and she had also a feithered flowers

which he had gathered on the top of the cliffs during his visit, and left

in his rooorse and heather, but they had

been in his hands, and were a precious and tangible link between the for her, and

the horses being refreshed and rested, she left iht to keep her cohts of hopeful love toward Allan, and of grateful affection toward

Mary This visit to Pittenloch had enabled her to ular

beneficence and patience; and she was alratitude by a cheerful renunciation of hopes so dear and so

purely personal She knew then, if she had never before known, the value

of what had been done for her, and she understood why David had so

resolutely put aside everything that would interfere with his mental

culture In such a mood, it was even easy to excuse his harshness "He

feared I would be a hindrance to hi out of ignorance into knowledge, he ought to be feared for

hindrances, even though he likes them well"

Mary Campbell, like most people of a nervous teie's arrival and her step upon the stair