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And then her liberty! Even though Felix should bring her to utter ruin, nevertheless she would be and ht remain a free woht that she could endure a Bohemian life in which, should all her means have been taken froh Felix was a tyrant after a kind, he was not a tyrant who could bid her do this or that A repetition of e vows did not of itself reco his caresses, and being specially happy because he was near her,--no roination Hoould it affect Felix and her together,--and Mr Broune as connected with her and Felix? If Felix should go to the dogs, then would Mr Broune not want her Should Felix go to the stars instead of the dogs, and becoilded ornaments of the metropolis, then would not he and she want Mr Broune It was thus that she regarded the hter as she considered all this There was a home for Hetta, with every comfort, if Hetta would only condescend to accept it Why did not Hetta er Carbury and let there be an end of that trouble? Of course Hetta must live wherever her mother lived till she should marry; but Hetta's life was so much at her own disposal that her reat matter by Hetta's predispositions

But she must tell Hetta should she ultimately make up her mind to marry the man, and in that case the sooner this was done the better On that night she did not ain as she declared to herself that she would not marry him, the picture of a comfortable assured home over her head, and the conviction that the editor of the 'Morning Breakfast Table' would be powerful for all things, brought new doubts to her mind But she could not convince herself, and when at last she went to her bed hershe met Hetta at breakfast, and with assumed nonchalance asked a question about the man as perhaps about to be her husband 'Do you like Mr Broune, Hetta?'

'Yes;--pretty well I don't care verymy acquaintances in London there is no one so truly kind to me as he is'