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Thus she rattled on, while he, because it was his nature found it

no trouble to reply in kind, with a good iirl clinging to him, it would have

been a very poor specimen of a man who could not have trumped up a

sort of enthusias his luck that

just as chance had thrown the heiress in his way, and put her under

an obligation to hiain

that he had made for position's sake, and which he would now have

liked to break for the same reason

It would be wearisoirl--impetuous, hot-blooded, excitable--poured out her

love-talk like a bird singing Happiness complete was hers for the

ti, and he listened and

was silent