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"I could tell theht, as she bent

over the hehs and listened to the remarks; but, for that

time, she kept the secret and worked onLucy went her way and was soon alighting at the rectory

gate

Arthur saw her as she ca very pale andloosely

upon hi her in to the fire, and

trying to believe that he was glad to see her sitting there with her

little high-heeled boots upon the fender and the bright hues of her

Bal beneath her dress of blue gesting

alterations and iood Mrs Brown,

who trudged obediently after her, wondering what she and her ed bird, whose ere so unlike

their own

"You must drive with me to the church," she said at last to Arthur,

"Fresh air will do you good, and you stay moped up too 's express froht----"

She stood up on tiptoe to whisper the great news to him, but his

pulses did not quicken in the least, even when she told hi before the ly, half sadly: "I ao with all that finery: I

should not think you would wanthis hand and leading hie, which took hi as there was an excuse for

staying away, and he felt hirow sick and faint when he stood