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        t m    - t of m on ion at o pay table visit. to bee so    time so certain to clear up by and by, t not an open quarrel    abbreviate t: lateation    do at all. And if people o be lovers, e secure; and if you sit do may lead to catarr to be depended on. You gallop t in a matosly find yourself in t you like best - a little above or a little belos - (it is to tap is t once ory fideeps rainy.

        Maggie made no ans    been for to    Gleggs toget    of ther.

        But Step e earlier, and tor - a nearer neigered to boo Maggie, feeling t tance    o betray; but     o Lucy aken into     of some agitation to bot many ; but like all persons ation of sympat rol, and s sensitive pride from any noticeable betrayal of emotion. A little extra paleness, a little tension of tril ers        its fieress. But Maggie ructed of musical strings, felt ting larger ears as took eac painful tears: tears ion to g to, and look ba tened danger. For Ptle inually in Maggies mind    tom migice,    space, bee a sort of outo    s fly to rescue and strengtranquil, tender affe for Ps root deep do talk firming by distinct successive impressions t instinctive bias - t t in rongly to y and edo y or otic excitability of ure - seemed noo make a sort of sacred place, a sanctuary    of    resist,    c. tion to Piplied t lest sep t of intercourse    tom ion, and s out o    tears in    any sciousness of an ined, and    deligoget resist t om    ty betom, ry and fairy tales. But so speak as soon as possible, to set t ease.

        `tuous of you, sty treble, like tional notes of little birds, `to e so soon after your arrival. And as it is, I tune manner, and giving your friends no notice. e and sit do    , `and you sreated mercifully.

        `You ainty t you .

        Lucy gave some playful tradi, but P    it uroionate scrutiny    ting    as if .    tense, detailed remembrance - e revival of all t    versation - t    jealousy and distrust ures is almost iably linked rong feeling,     t ed it, o make t rusive proof to trary.

        `I am    ? said Maggie. `Lucy is like a fairy godmoturned me from a drudge into a princess in no time. I do not indulge myself all day long, and s    before I kno myself.

        `Im sure s be better ts to ing by the ge.

        Artificial versation of t    on a little ermio put ao it, exclaimed ation of annoya sten somet of the room.

        In a moment Maggie ament like t of friends    sorrow.

        `I told my broto see you, Po release me from my promise, and ed.

        Maggie, in ed Po kno oion t oo allude to t seemed almost like an injury toion ed    oo entirely of o be sensitive on any ot at t moment.

        `t least be friends, Maggie? to    now?

        `ill not your fat? said Maggie, hdrawing her hand.

        `I s give you up on any ground but your oo tell you. t is one.

        `to alking to eaco go very soon - to a ion.

        `Is t iable, Maggie?

        `Yes: I must not stay     me for t begin again at last. I t live in dependence - I t live o me. o provide for me - but t olerable to me.

        P a fes, and t ed te suppression of emotion:--

        `Is ternative, Maggie? Is t life ao look foro?

        `Yes, P reated o believe t so t least, as t knoo e. But I begin to to me from loving: I . I , as men do.

        `N to your old t in a ne I used to bat, said P tinge of bitterness. `You    to find out a mode of renunciation t ell you again, t by perverting or mutilating ones nature.    ried to escape from pain? S and icism o some kind of ceited madness, and fancy myself a favourite of    a favourite h men.

        tterness aken on some impetuosity as P on speaking: tly an outlet for some immediate feeling of o Maggie. t t mome allusion to ted love t     t    c too    of ed se ion - t s every one, saion.

        But Maggie ri.

        `Yes, Prition oo muoug enougo find fault eacrue t you used to tell me.

        Maggie ing able, leaning    Pent depe affe, as surning , to ion. o somet s a lover of Lucys? It    t made    gave o    position, and to tendency of o    by t positive p t t sometimes apanies a suddeal pang.

        ` is tter, Maggie? y - ion being only too ready to    al to th.

        `No -        odious t in    from ed, `except in my oo say I s of my starved life, as you called it, and I do. I am too eager in my enjoyment of musid all luxuries, noo me.

        Sook up ely, e in Maggies cer to be agitated by vague self-reproac soon t    the house.

        `O artling annou! said Maggie, quite mistress of     some inter. `I wonder where Lucy is.

        Lucy    beeo ter an interval long enougous but not ephen in.

        `ell, old felloo Maggie in passing, `its glorious to    yourself a little less like a sparroop and not go in and out stantly    letting ts kno tietime Ive o scamper up tless stairs to t painting room of yours, all to no purpose, because your people t you    s embitter friendship.

        `Ive so feors - it seems o leave notiy exits arances, said P tep strong presend strong voice.

        `Are you quite ulliver? said Stepurning to Maggie iff politeness and putting out y.

        Maggie gave tips of e one of proud indifference. Pc Lucy o seeing variations in to eac    t tural antipated tual good- t of epated by someterprets as ceit,    observation t ated for everyto guileless Lucy. Steped tudied greeting t    by teptling on iions to P    sket,    Maggie because    draion, as    looking    Lucy. `Per interviehem.

        `I t been galloping. so Steptle damped by t us    to take advantage of oget in "Masaniello:" Maggie    , and I kno    her.

        `e, tepoaste of tune in    to hear.

        `You, please, P, said Lucy, `and to play, s you? sty inquiring look, anxious, as usual, lest s    pleasant to anot owards her unfinished embroidery.

        Pe tion, for t tremes of fear and grief, t does not find relief in music - t does not make a man sing or play tter; and P-up feeling at t, as plex as any trio or quartet t    to express love and jealousy and resignation and fierce suspi all at time.

        `O yes, ing    t is a    ones imperfect life and being t oo sing and make to sing and paint.

        `Aep    administrative capacity, I believe. A tendency to predominance of tive po, Miss tulliver?

        Stepake into    of playful appeal to Maggie, and s repress the answering flash and epigram.

        `I endency to predominance, s t momely    sendency disagreeable.

        `e, e, said Lucy, `music, music! e ime.

        Maggie alried in vain to go on ried oday, for t t Step no longer roused a merely playful resistance, and soo t it o stand so t     it ions    in tate of emotion produced by t - emotion t seemed to make    orong and rong for all enjoyment, ance. rain passed into tarted from     ciful    perceptible quivering ttle foready ed and brigo t s. Lucy, imes    t resist to steal up to oo caug t rong an influence.

        `More, more! said Lucy, w ed again: Maggie always says s rush of sound.

        `It must be "Let us take t; tepable for a    m. But are you prepared to abandon t sacred duties of life, th us?

        `O yes, said Lucy, laug t;Beggars Opera" from terbury. It has a dingy cover.

        `t is a great clue, sidering t a score covers ep terbury.

        `O, play sometig t    is t youre falling into? - somet I dont know.

        `Dont you kno? said P tune more definitely. `Its from t;Ai." I dont kno it appears tenor is telling t    to t;I love till."

        It    quite uionally t Po t be an i expression to Maggie of o ly. o ive passion of t pleading tenor ies as a voice, but it    quite neo    o cree in to be some reproac? Sinctly in tion t s to rene clasable circumstances. Souc t suggested distinct memories and ts, and brret i.

        `ts tenors, said Steping imental love and stander all sorts of vile treatment. Not of    mediaeval tenor or troubadour,    you from expressing your entire resignation. I must administer an antidote - ear herself away from her bobbins.

        Step, h sauergy--

        `Sing in despair, Die because a womans fair?

        and seemed to make all t Step to e of ao t of to taken o for her.

        But angrily resolved not to betray    on making false stitc looking up or taking notice of il all ted i us take the road.

        I am afraid tle, stealing gratification i Stepermination to treat entatious indiffereo an irritating desire for some sign of ination from erc    long before unity, empest. Maggie, feeling tstool, o get os, guessed , and fleo anticipate ing tstool reating look at    impossible not to return a glance of gratitude. And to stool placed carefully by a too self-fident personage - not any self-fident personage, but one in particular o ask if t some draug positio be alloo move table for tle of too ready, traitorous tenderness into a o learn rivial language. And to Maggie t been everyday is, but    in ite for e fres tone of gentle solicitude obliged o look at t    to t mutual glance from being delicious to bot he evening before.

        It    an ordinary act of politeness in Step aken tes; and Lucy, . But to Py t o find a definite ground for itself in any trivial i, teping a beam fr a trast    signs of indifference as to be cepibility as if it    iron, and    ined to make tter discord. ing any unusual feeliepold ed to go    o    reflect coolly on till y. But ted to stay as long as Stepayed - alo be present    seemed to poor Pural - nay, iable t any ma emboldened Po vieumult, and Lucy    onis, rao summon to luncly breaking off the music.

        `Aered t seen you for a long     after o t of town.

        `o Mudport on business for several days, said P hes e baow.

        `As fond of his farming hobby as ever, eh?

        `I believe so, said P terest in s.

        `A some land in hink?

        `Yes, he has.

        `Ainued Mr Deane, as    find farming a em - an expe. And t of all    people t mo. t t of a sack then.

        Lucy felt a little nervous under ly gratuitous criticism of Mr akems expenditure. But it ceased t aative during omed to s in ly bee strong, for ara i in o t an unusual curiosity to knohem in his mind.

        ited to ed to tell or ask icular: s tulliver to leave ter dinner, aed ool at ances, sidered t asted some of t agreeable moments s anding t Lucy, disliking t his snuff-box on such occasions.

        `You dont    to go to sleep yet, papa, do you? s up ool and ope clutche snuff-box.

        `Not yet, said Mr Deane, glang at t in ter. `But ? o coax some more sns out of my pocket for your bazaar? Eh?

        `No, I ives at all today. I only    to talk, not to beg. I    to kno seemed rato     Mr akems losing money by his hobby?

        `Someto do o repel intrusion into t mystery.

        `But, papa, you al any business kno of    questions sounded rat them queer.

        `Nonsense, co justify aken some pains in    t akems mill and farm on te Mill, your uullivers, you kno ans did. I ed to see if your friend P anyt about ired of farming.

        ` ? said Lucy, eagerly. `O, tell me everytell me. Because Maggie says all ts are set on toms getting back time. It    to tom - t    get back the Mill.

        `tle puss, said Mr Deane, availing ored snuff-box. `You must not say a    ttle g tting it out of akems    ed it o tullivers getting it again, o part . Its natural, after ulliver before; but a    likely to be paid for h sugar-plums.

        `Notle air of solemnity, `rust me? You must not ask me all my reasons for o say - but I rong reasons. And Im very cautious - I am, indeed.

        `ell, let us hear.

        ` me take Po our fidence - let me tell    your s for - t my cousins    about. I kno.

        `I dont see     be, crating looking at er, `You dont t you like? (Mr Dea quite safe about ers affes.)

        `No, papa; tle about me - not so muc    I e sure of    you ask me. And if you ever guess, dont tell me. Only give me leave to do as I t about it.

        Lucy rose from ool to seat    last request.

        `Are you sure you    do misc .

        `Yes, papa, quite sure. Im very    all your busialents. Didnt you admire my apt-book, now, w you?

        `ell, er ell trut muc me go off to sleep.
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