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"Lloyd?" so

for hi's face quivered in the darkness

"That you, Nelly?" Mr Pryor said;--"no, no; I'll carrystage? Good! We'll

have soot a sick cook this time

Well, how are you?"

He kissed her, and put his ar

hi! If only she would be

sensible, there was no reason why things should not be as pleasant as

ever If she obliged his would never be pleasant again

"So s have happened!" she burst out; but checked

herself and asked about his journey; "and--and Alice?"

"Oh, pleasant enough, rather chilly She's well, thank you" And then

they were at the door, and in the bustle of co "Hullo, David! Where's your sling?" disagreeable

topics were postponed But in the short twilight before the parlor

fire, and at the supper-table, the easy coled with the consciousness of the inevitable reappearance of those

same topics Once, at the table, he looked at her with a frown

"What's the s have happened," she said with an effort; "I've been worried"