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but just as the door had shut he reentle rap and Madge appeared She gave hiain Thanks for my life'

Frank cursed himself that he could not find the proper word He knew

there was soht to be said, but he

could not say it Madge held out her hand to him, he raised it to

his lips and kissed it, and then, astonished at his boldness, he

instantly retreated He went to the 'Crown and Sceptre' and was soon

in bed, but not to sleep Strange, that the es, which were half obscured, should becoe hovered before Frank with al in her heavy, voluptuous

tresses Her picture at last became almost painful to him and shamed

him, so that he turned over from side to side to avoid it He had

never been thrown into the society of woe, for he

had no sister, and a fire was kindled within hireater because his life had been so pure At last he

fell asleep and did not wake till late in theHe had just

time to eat his breakfast, pay one more business visit in the town,

and catch the coach due at eleven o'clock froed, he walked as near as he dared venture

to the s of the cottage next door, but he could see nobody

When the coach, however, began to move, he turned round and looked

behind him, and a hand aved to him He took off his hat, and in

fiveway,

but when, at last, it disappeared, a cloud of wretchedness swept over

hi?

talking to other people, existing for others, laughing with others!

There were miles between himself and Fen and long, dreary gaps between All this,

however, is a vain attempt to delineate as shapeless It was

an intolerable, unvanquishable oppression This was Love; this was

the blessing which the god with the ruddy wings had bestowed on hih Islington, and

in a few el'