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"Useless it would be Miriam is not one of those who say 'no' and then

'yes'"

"Nearly two years you have known her That was long to keep you in hope

and doubt I think she is a coquette"

"You know her not, mother Very feords of love have I dared to say

We have been friends I was happy to stand in the store and talk to

Cohen, and watch her A glance froh I feared to lose all by asking too ht? It would have been better had your

father spoken first to Mr Cohen"

"I did not ask Miriaht She spared me all she could She was in

the store as I passed, and I went in This is what she said to in to love randfather has just told me that I am promised

to Judah Belasco, of London In the summer he will come here, and I

shall

against the black kas; for between it and her black dress, her face