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"I cannot atte eloquence," returned the

other, struggling to restore a dignity which had completely collapsed

"My acts will be

of, friendships between men and women are not unknown, and it would

have been better both for you and your father if you had each judged me

more respectfully, and left me alone As it is I wish never to see or

speak to you, madam, any more"

Grace bowed, and Mrs Charmond turned away The tent apart in

directly opposite courses, and were soon hidden fros and by the shadows of eve

In the excitezagged about without regarding direction or distance All sound of

the woodcutters had long since faded into rereat for hearing them they would have been

silent and hoht hour But Grace went on her

course without any h there was es for walking, across which bra She had not, however, traversed this the wildest part of the

wood since her childhood, and the transforreat; old trees which once were landmarks had been felled or blown

down, and the bushes which then had been s She soon found that her ideas as to direction