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in the possession of a relationship which had lasted so long Clara

and Madge, too, were both excited and pleased To say nothing of

Frank's appearance, of his unsnobbish, deferential behaviour which

showed that he understood who they were and that the little house

irls and the lance at Fenence of a secret

satisfaction that it would soon hear that the son of Mr Palmer, so

well known in every town round about, was on intiay that evening The presence of sympathetic

people was always a powerful stimulus to her, and she was often

astonished at the witty things and even the wise things she said in

such cos wise or

witty occurred to her Like all persons who, in conversation, do not

so much express the results of previous conviction obtained in

silence as the inspiration of the e dazzled everybody by

a brilliancy which would have been impossible if she had communicated

that which had been slowly acquired, but what she left with those who

listened to her, did not always seem, on reflection, to be soStill she was very

char, and it must be confessed that sometimes her spontaneity was

truer than the lihed