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As Mrs Gowan broke off to heave a sigh, Clennananihty

little danger of the fa beyond an Amateur, even as it

was 'Henry,' the mother resumed, 'is self-willed and resolute; and as these

people naturally strain every nerve to catch him, I can entertain very

little hope, Mr Clennairl's fortune will be very sht have doneto compensate for the connection:

still, he acts for himself; and if I find no improvement within a short

tin myself and ed to you for what you have told

ain With an

uneasy flush upon his face, and hesitation in his manner, he then said

in a still lower tone than he had adopted yet:

'Mrs Gowan, I scarcely kno to acquit myself of what I feel to be a

duty, and yet Ito discharge it A reat