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"You rite the address, then, if you please!" was Mabel's

reply, showing him the surface intended for it

Then she left hienuine Aylett, in will and

stoicis in his

round, legible characters, the inscription he hoped never to trace

again "So endeth her first lesson in Cupid's manual!"

He never knew that Mrs Sutton had bolstered the Aylett will and

stoicis scene In a fit of

despondency, she had thatimparted to Mabel the fact that

she had written to Frederic, ten days before, and had no answer,

although she had besought an immediate one

"I have expected him confidently every day for a week," she