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"You knohy I don't ask for hiht, I suppose?" said

Winterborne "Or don't you know?"

"I think I do"

"Because of the houses?"

She nodded

"Yes I am afraid it may seem that my anxiety is about those houses,

which I should lose by his death, more than about him Marty, I do feel

anxious about the houses, since half my income depends upon them; but I

do likewise care for hi that houses should

be leased for lives, so as to lead to such s"

"After father's death they will be Mrs Char to keep co, they reached the town By no pressure would she ride up

the street with hiht of another woman," she said,

with playful malice, as she put on her pattens "I wonder what you are

thinking of! Thank you for the lift in that handso Good-by"

He blushed a little, shook his head at her, and drove on ahead into the

streets--the churches, the abbey, and other buildings on this clear

bright s,