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"And I fancy the reflection that he ood one; he was a plucky fellow!--must console him for his failure

After all, one can only try"

"Try to steal other people's jewels," said Nell

"Try for what seems the best--what one wants," he said dreamily "I

wonder whether he would have been satisfied if he had got off with, say,

a sine he would consider himself very lucky," said Nell, her

eyes downcast

"Do you think so?" asked Falconer quietly "So He would have hankered after those diamonds for the rest of his

life, and no a

a plucky fellow, he would have

an to tremble The parable was plain to her The man beside her

had failed to win the woman he loved, and would try to make the best of

the poor trinkets of fame and success Her lips quivered, and her eyes

drooped lower

"Perhaps--perhaps he would have tried for the diaain," she said,

alht in his eyes, a sudden flush on his

white face