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"Till Christian does it?"

"Yes"

"When will that be?"

"I do not know It reat while Why should I tell

thean?"

"For ht, as they would seem to yours 'Honour thy father and

thythes, of which Miss Cardigan was

ignorant! How could I answer her? I sat silent, pondering the

difficulty; and she was silent on her side, waiting for me to

think over it It was never her way to be in a hurry; not to

leave her work half done neither, as I knew

"I will honour theth

"Then you rite them next steamer Is it not so, Daisy?"

"That would make it very difficult for me to honour them," I

said; "to honour them in action, I ht way"

"No, an"

"What our cheeks say your heart has done No, child" And

again I heard the unwonted sigh froan's lips