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"The weather is very delightful, and Lieutenant Hyde is very polite Did he speak of the violets he sent you?"

"I suppose he forgot theive them to you, ive them away"

Then Cornelia lifted them, and shyly buried her face in their beauty and sweetness; and afterwards took the card in her hand and read "Lieutenant George Hyde" "But, mother," she said, "Arenta called hie, otten Joris is the Dutch, George is the English forht nor occasion to call him by either name, it is of no consequence Take away your flowers and put theant, I think Do you know that it is quite noon, and your father will be home in a little while?"

And there was such kind intent, such a divining syreith pleasure; and she felt that her mother understood, and did not lad to escape all questioning, and with the violets pressed to her heart, and her shining eyes dropped to them, she ith some haste to her room There she kissed the flowers, one by one, as she put the all else, sat down and permitted herself to enter the delicious land of Reverie She let the thought of Hyde repossess her; and present again and again to her i caressing looks she had seen and felt, without see to be aware of them

A short time after Cornelia came home, Doctor Moran returned from his professional visits As he entered the room, his wife looked at him with a curious interest In the first place, the tenor of her thoughts led her to this observation She wished to assure herself again that thepreviously dear to her orthy of such sacrifice A lance satisfied her Nature had left the i but truth and kindness looked fromatic, had also an un and honourable ancestry and a recognized position He had also thisthe room, he drew his wife close to his heart and kissed her affectionately, a token of love he was not apt to give without thought, or under every circumstance