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"I shall expect nothing est to you not toover disagreeable to me, we shall carry on with a semblance

of mutual respect, I hope"

She bowed

The tes was

extraordinary I absolutely trembled with the control it required not to

rise froo and take her hands; but I restrained every

sign and appeared as indifferent as she is The Duchesse cao

I did not even then shake hands with Alathea, and the Duchesse cae with me, to seecrippled

"Nicholas," she whispered, "Her ed!--I feel that it isthan if she were kind

She has also had a dreadful time with the father, who has now been

transferred to the poste in the desert in Africa Oneoff to Hyères with little Hilda and

their faithful old

you will have your bride all to yourself!"

"Perhaps the thought of that is what is hed as she handed me my crutch and closed the lift