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"Yes, I suppose so--and probably miserable"

"And rich, Peter?"

"I should have e blacksh, and absurdly happy and content," I added,

"which is far more desirable--at least I think so"

"Do you mean to say that you would rather--exist here, and make

horseshoes all your life, than--live, respected, and rich"

"And married to--"

"And married to the Lady Sophia?"

"Infinitely!" said I

"Then your cousin, so far as you are concerned, is free to woo

and win her and your uncle's fortune?"

"And I wish hiain!" I nodded "As for me,

I shall probably continue to live here, and e so hateful to you?"

"In the abstract--no; for in my reatly; but, in the actual--yes,

because there is no woman in all the world that is like this

woinary woman?"

"She is one whom I would respect for her intellect"

"Yes"

"Whom I would honor for her proud virtue"

"Yes, Peter"

"Whoentleness, and

spotless purity"