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The evening ca with Cecilia, and it was observed, and he

himself observed it, how completely their voices har baritone, as much

commended When he came to the end of his perfor duet could not also be given, a

duet which Cecilia knew perfectly well She was very much pressed to

take her part with hiround that

she had not practised it, that she had already sung once, and that

she was engaged to sing once

next to her, and she added, so as to be heard by him alone, 'He is no

particular favourite of mine'

There was no direct implication that Frank was a favourite, but an

inference was possible, and at least it was clear that she preferred

to reserve herself for hiay, happy face had ht several proposals, none of which had been accepted All this

Frank knew, and how could he repress soht that perhaps he ht have been the reason why nobody

as yet had been able to win her She always called hih they were not first cousins, they were cousins He