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'What ood? Hoish you would

come to London!'

'I do not wish to leave it now; I have become attached to it; I have

very few friends in London, and lastly, perhaps the

reason, I could not afford it Rent and living are cheaper here than

in town'

'Would you not like to live in London, Miss Hopgood?' Clara hesitated for a few seconds

'I am not sure--certainly not by overness in a very pleasant falad to return to Fene; 'it is so

ro in every way'

'I was thinking of people, strange as it may appear In London

nobody really cares for anybody, at least, not in the sense in which

I should use the words Men and women in London stand for certain

talents, and are valued often very highly for the these talents Now, if I had a talent,

I should not be satisfied with admiration or respect because of it

No ht

evoke, even if I were told that ed through my instrumentality, I should feel the