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and disheartened him could pass over her, but she could love, perhaps

better than he, and she began to love him It was very natural to a

woman such as Clara, for she had met a man who had said to her that

what she believed was really of some worth Her father and mother

had been very dear to her; her sister was very dear to her, but she

had never received any such recognition as that which had now been

offered to her: her own self had never been returned to her with

such honour She thought, too--why should she not think it?--of the

future, of the release from her dreary occupation, of a happy hoht of the children thatShe was sure he was in love with

her; she did not knowof

the word, but she knew enough She would like to find outsuspicion she ht obtain it

from Mrs Caffyn