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He breathed more freely than he had for weeks; more freely than since

the receipt of that brief despatch:--"F is dead," and the initials H

R So far fro and a smooth stone from the brook,

the boy had been a veritable ariant! Well; poor

Nelly! Froreat

disappointment He hated to have her unhappy; he hated to see

suffering; he wished they could get through this confounded interview

His sidewise, uneasy glance at her tense figure, betrayed his

discoed so, and that

her hands had grown so thin But she had her old charm yet; certainly

she was still an exquisite creature in sorown too fat He had been afraid once that she would get fat Hohite her neck was; it was like swan's-dohere the lace fell open