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"Oh, I say, you know!" expostulated Dick, in a deeply aggrieved tone "I

say, Nell, do you hear that? Mr Vernon's going!"

"Miss Nell knows that I have been 'going' for some days past, only that

I haven't been able to tear myself away It's nearly five, Miss Nell,

and we ordered the boat for half-past four, you know," he added, in a

matter-of-fact way

She rose and ran out of the room for her jacket and ta Mrs Lorton and Dick still gloating over their

presents