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Chilton, no longer dreamy and perplexed, but on the alert with eye

and ear--not losing one sound of her voice, or trick of feature She

inclined her head slightly and courteously, the notice due a friend

of the house she, as guest, was about to leave He did not bow, nor

relax the rigor of his watch Only, when she was seated in the

carriage, he bent respectfully andas little attention to the two gentlemen as

they did to hi

inaudible to the bystanders As they drove out of the yard, the

Ridgeley quartette saw the pair saunter, side by side, to the

extre of the

rest, but no one remarked aloud upon the renewed inti very startling, the old gossip will never keep it

to herself," Mr Aylett congratulated hiradually to bloodlessness, and Herbert sat back in

his corner, sulky and du to us on Friday!"