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blind to these subtleties, which he had forht It was his own duty to declare them--for her dear sake

Grace, too, had a very uncoht, and her solicitous

e when another letter

from her father was put into her hands Its tenor was an intenser

strain of the one that had preceded it After stating how extreet out-of-doors,

he went on: "This is a weariso

out of town I do not knohen I shall get horeat anxiety in

this delay is still lest you should lose Giles Winterborne I cannot

rest at night for thinking that while our business is hanging fire he

hborhood I have sethiive hih it is

over-early For when I consider the past I do think God will forgive

a little forward I have another reason for this,

rapidly downhill, and late affairs have

still further helpedis done I

cannot rest in peace"