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"It has been irony rather than ridicule," said Erh, he won half the battle It is beautiful to see her

holding herself back, and lad to see hier and more substantial

Where is he?"

"On the further bank, supposed by Mrs Curtis to be asleep, but watching

uncle, wife, and child through his eyelashes Did you ever see any one

so like his sister as that child?"

"Much lad he ht-faced mother"

"You areup into Erht

than she had intended, and she ainsaying the belief more than in the words, "Yes,

always a mother to you, my precious little man"

"Nor could you have had a bonnier face to look into," added the Colonel

"There, the gaet them

them back to Les Invalides, as Alick calls it"

"Take care no one else does so," said Er "It has been

a most happy day, and chief of all the pleasures has been the sight of

Rachel just what I hoped, a thorough wife and er interests, and doing co the Clever Woman of the family Where is she? I don't see her