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This tie pale face wore a

s soured by annoyance His clothes were new and the

indescribable senre which had never been

obtruded on her notice before, astonished Mrs Fyne, who cao out to hear a new

pianist (a girl) in a friend's house The youth addressing Mrs Fyne

easily begged her not to let "that silly thing go back to us anybut "ructions" at home about her for the

last three weeks Everybody in the faovernor had charged hientleman were quite welcoh sense to appreciate a plain, honest English

ho, piovernor had

sprung on hi an appoint lady The lady he was engaged to But he

yet "if he

were to burst over it" "Good-bye, Florrie Good luck to you--and I

hope I'll never see your face again"

With that he ran out in lover-like haste leaving the hall-door wide open

Mrs Fyne had not found a word to say She had been too asp freely But she had the presence ofout into the street--with the haste, I