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Meantime Kitty sat on the bench, stunned Never before in all her life

had such a thing happened True, young men had at tih eone Not a word, not a sign of apology She could not have

been more astounded had a thunder-bolt struck at her feet, nor more

bereft of action She must have sat there fully ten uileless, this! What did it iveness, had hewould have been hers Nothing;

he had kissed her and walked away: as he ht have kissed Celeste, and

had, for all she knew!

When the nu sense of astonisher Kitty was a dignified young lady, and she would not tolerate such

an affront from any man alive It was more than an affront; it was a

dire catastrophe What should she do now? What would become of all her

wonderfullyherself upon the bed, bewildered

and unhappy And there Killigrew found her He was a wise oldpassed his way up through all sorts and