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"She is, George"

"My best wishes, Nicholas I think you are wise, probably wounded as

you are, it will be nice for you to have an agreeable cohed

"You have quite finished with Violetta?"

"Now that is the odd part," and he actually reht I had, but when I went to see her with the certain

intention of deceiving her and backing out gracefully,--that vixen

Carly!--I found Violetta quite tranquil

She said she had realized that I was cooling off, and her rule was to

hold nothing which did not wish to stay, so she was quite prepared to

part from me She was very tender, she looked beautiful, and you knohen it ca farewell, I found myself quite unable to do so! I

had prepared a lot of lies aboutthe

time from my work, but before I could tell the me that she knew I er expect much of my company You know, Nicholas, I

suddenly found her charratulate

one far