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'I a hiularly, and you'll find that it will be worth your while There's nothing like attending to business You should be here every Friday'

'I will,' said the baronet

'And let me see you sometimes up at my place in Abchurch Lane I can put you s there than I can here This is all aYou can see that'

'Oh yes, I see that'

'We are obliged to have this kind of thing for ue By-the-bye, is he a friend of yours?'

'Not particularly He is a friend of a cousin of mine; and the women know him at home He isn't a pal of reeable, he'll have to go to the wall;--that's all But neverto you of what I said to her?'

'No, Mr Mel with all his eyes

'I was talking to her about you, and I thought that perhaps she ht have told you This is all nonsense, you know, about you and Marie' Sir Felix looked into the e, as he had seen it But there had suddenly come upon his brow that heavy look of a determined purpose which all who knew the man ont to mark Sir Felix had observed it a fewdown the rebellious director 'You understand that; don't you?' Sir Felix still looked at hiot a brass farthing, you know You've no inco on your mother, and I'm afraid she's not very well off How can you suppose that I shall give irl to you?' Felix still looked at hile statement made Yet when the ht of his own thousand pounds which were now in the man's pocket 'You're a baronet, and that's about all, you know,' continued Mel, belongs to a distant cousin who may leave it to me if he pleases;--and who isn't very much older than you are yourself'

'Oh, coreat deal older than me'