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"Where you are to go!" he exclailebe house, and I

will follow, and the minister shall o? What else should you do?"

"God knows!" cried the girl, with sudden and extraordinary passion "But

not that! Oh, he is gone,--that other ould have understood!"

Haward let fall his outstretched hand, drew back a pace or two, and stood

with knitted brows The rooh the opencame the sudden, lonely cry of some

river bird The note was repeated ere Haward spoke again

"I will try to understand," he said slowly "Audrey, is it Evelyn that

comes between us?"

Audrey passed her hand over her eyes and brow and pushed back her heavy

hair "Oh, I have wronged her!" she cried "I have taken her portion If

once she was cruel to me, yet to-day she kissed me, her tears fell upon my

face That which I have robbed her of I want not Oh, ed this lady," said Haward, after a

pause "I have, I hope, her forgiveness Is this the fault that keeps you

froainst theand looked at the cloud