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"Oh, father!" said Grace, turning white with disedness returning He

was, in truth, disposed to somewhat more leniency towards her husband

just now than he had shown forhly in his anger "Surely it is theto do?" he continued "I don't like this state that

you are in--neither le It hurts ainst us in Hintock There has

never been any scandal like it in the family before"

"He will be here in less than an hour," ht

of the roo the despondent misery of her

face The one intolerable condition, the condition she had deprecated

above all others, was that of Fitzpiers's reinstatement there "Oh, I

won't, I won't see hi down She was almost

hysterical

"Try if you cannot," he returned, moodily

"Oh yes, I will, I will," she went on, inconsequently "I'll try;" and