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"You ue felt thick and inactive

"Yes, I h "When I saw her she was young enough to play with a doll, though I believe she was reading some serious book Well, she is pretty--I can't dispute it-- and Jarvis declares she is irl of strong character I re lashes at me that day Yes, I knew she would turn your head Dick, you are a man summer flirt You are even , tee in You have iination, and it plays you terrible pranks You wouldn't have been home so soon--you would even have been in your usual hot water over the girl--but for your obligation to Irene Mitchell"

Mostyn tried to be resolute He was conscious of his frailty of purpose, of his lack of sincerity when he spoke

"I aated to Irene, and, what is more, Bess, I have positivelyof"

The woid It was as if a certain pallor lay beneath her transparent skin and was forcing itself out He heard her exhale a long breath

"To think that you could actually sit here and say as ridiculous a thing as that to htness "Why, Dick, whatever your faults are, you are not a fool"

"I hope not," he said, weakly defiant "I really care very o You needn't oppose me, Bess; I have !" Mrs Moore blurted out "That is the pity of it--the absurdity of it You haven't made up your ht you had, I don't doubt, when you said good-by to her, but already you are full of doubt, and in a frightful stew You show it in your face You know and I know that you cannot carry that thing through You are not that type of man Jarvis Saunders could If he ever marries, he will marry like that It wouldn't surprise rapher, with nothing but a shirt-waist for a trousseau, but you --you--Oh, Lord! You are quite a different proposition"