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"I could not keep it from one who has been so uniforo further till I should hear your wishes"

"Yes, she has a right to know," said Ermine; "but please, not a word

elsewhere"

"And will you not come to stay with her?"

"I? Oh, no; I am fit for no place but this You don't half kno

bad I am When you have seen a little more of us, you will be quite

convinced"

"Well, at least, you give reater pleasure than I ever thought to have again;

that is, while you understand that you said good-bye to the Ero, and that the thing here is only a

sort of ghost, rateful to be a friend--a sister"

"So," he said, "those are to be the terms of my admission"

"The only possible ones"

"I will consider them I have not accepted them"

"You will," she said

But she ht be a will as

steadfast as her own, although the question ht be waived for a ti Colonel Keith as principle would

alloith "Hu in her pocket,

"Military Society" fered Had he not had quite time for any rational visit? Was he

to devour Mackarel Lane as well as Myrtlewood? She was on her way to the