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truth: I have no such lover But you I will not accept as one" And

turning with flushed cheek and gleae But she soon reflected that she had been guilty of

an inhospitable act in not asking the strangers to enter Suddenly

turning, she walked rapidly back, and overtook the crest-fallen wooer

and his companion, and said in a voice froer had disappeared

"Entrez, Messieurs"

The loo his hat, he said: "Oui, Madehtly

ahead she announced the two strangers, and then returned, going to

the bars where the coere lowing, waiting to be er had not, by any

"The colt shies," he murmured, "when she first sees the halter

Presently, she beco

for the eveningca from La Claire

Fontaine