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Baruch sat and one out stirred

by an idea, but it was already dead Then he began to think about

Clara Who was this Dennis who visited the Marshalls and the

Hopgoods? Oh! for an hour of his youth! Fifteen years ago the word

would have come unbidden if he had seen Clara, but now, in place of

the word, there was hesitation, shame He h this conclusion had forced itself

upon hiht as inevitable, he could not resist the te to meet Clara, and he

walked up and down the street opposite the shop door that evening

nearly a quarter of an hour, just before closing tiht have the opportunity of

overtaking her apparently by accident At last, fearing he ht

miss her, he went in and found she had a companion whom he instantly

knew, before any induction, to be her sister Madge was not now the

Madge e knew at Fenmarket She was thinner in the face and

paler Nevertheless, she was not careless; she was even more

particular in her costu, perhaps,

she was a little prouder She was h her face could not be said to be

handsoht

hollow underneath, the loss of colour, were perhaps defects, but they