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        It is evident to you no Maggie    a moment in    be sidered by all prudent persons as a great opportunity for a young y of St Oggs, riking person e unfamiliar to ty of bee assistance of e as you    Pullet, Maggie ainly at a ing-point in life. At Lucys first evening party, young torry fatigued    `t see ional style ferred by    ending to    sleeves o plait t at t cousin of Miss Deanes looked so very    pgie,    and iment of a troublesome future, o bee an object of some envy - a topic of discussion in tablisrimmings. ts,    Oggs, and ook some exception to Maggies manners. S assenting at oo tions current in good society and of saying t s knorue or not    it is a fact capable of an amiable interpretation t ladies are not toance of ts of inferiority. And Maggie irely    tty airs of coquetry ional reputation of drivilemen to despair, t sy for being so iive in spite of y. S ages, poor t must be admitted tension about ness and unevenness of manner    of ances. It    tinge of vulgarity about    t of poor Lucys relatio    agreeable to tion by marriage s; but it o tradict Step ainly tion to Lu urally desire t ts so tep fuss if t in civility. Uaations to Park    ing, and elseoo distinguisy in St Oggs for any attention toed.

        troduced for t time to t it o get up in t any imperative reason for doing o amidst t-breats of advang Spring, amidst trolls in t some intoxig effe er ion; and even in t o be less ed by icipations. Life ainly very pleasant just no    to dress in to feel t siful time. And ting o be tion inually claimed, and on o fer any. It , too, o sit do t tness beto be    by separation - to get tunes s til s a o make t, passionate language to aves ake up a book of Studies rat s taste more keenly by abstra tive sensation of intervals. Not t    of musidicates a great specific talent: it    y to tement of music    passionate sensibility ues all merge in ea sometimes an angry demand, but also prevented y from taking try and device, and gave it try of ambition. But you o be told, ics, but ory, ed even from test knoics. Fedy of our lives is not created entirely from er - says Novalis, in one of ionable aper is destiny. But not tiny. , Prince of Denmark, ive and irresolute, and ragedy in sequence. But if o a good old age, and s    tation of sanity notanding many soliloquies, and some moody sarcasms toer of Polonius, to say not incivility to her-in-law.

        Maggies destiny, t present     for it to reveal itself like t t for all rivers to tion, of ure lot, and y about    intervies predominance: pero    sorry t terview had been deferred.

        For P e ted, and Mr Step broug o t - probably, , on a sket; but it    certain     like Po go off in t    telling any o    until t uro find botes aing    before he knew of Maggies arrival.

        Pero be een again to be quite vinced of t o to cy of titudes of ance almost al periods    seated by Lucys side, or standing near    t-door excursioions    o eresting and amusing since Maggie imes serious ones - ion of tle unobtrusive Lucy; and it more t a cet t an inexplicable t a girl sy t test spasm of jealousy t tion ually directed to    ranquil-ed as Lucy, t sate of ions, and not proo tive evidence against it. Besides, it o ender politeoo supply t seemed to Lucy t t    t le act of s Step eveions to Maggie ively slig dista preve faint resemblao gallantry into . If Step of t togeto eacepo be examining books or musid Maggie bent o t eaco    day. o refle tter, or silently to ask, `to end? Maggie only felt t life e neo , immediate experience    any energy left for taking at of it, and reasoning about it. Stepained from self-questioning, and    admit to     an influence    on . And rained: Maggie could tradict Step o ion t most ,    for tandings of men. Maggie could look at Stepo play    for    bazaar-ure empo, .

        One day - it urn - Lucy    to speate of ening to bee firmed illtack of broncis, obliged n ions at to to be o epo rise early and call at six ocloiss torry, .

        `s of tic bazaar, Step fortorry    taking young ladies from ties of tic o ses of dissipation among urn-rugs and embroidered reticules! I so knoion of    is not to make reasons for o stay at ill stronger reasons for baco go out. If ty will be dissolved.

        `ell, it    go on muco take plaonday week.

        `tep    like ty do ty; but just as tis reasonable enougo bear direct taxation, so St Oggs    got forotive enougo build and endohe force of folly.

        `Did tle Lucy, y. `I never    kind - I t    we were doing.

        `Im sure ep ionately; `your du going out to-nig I kno ttom of it.

        `O, you too y blus ended. But it acitly uood t Step e i tacit uanding    t saying good-by until after four.

        Maggie ed in tly after dinner,    o o tting and noddiime. Maggie ooping to caress tiny silke, and f resss absence, ep on tep raig o see er dinner! en plai te at Park ly been        beating: it ural s aced to receive visitors alone.    as o, to e ead of by too, aainly looked as foolis and self-possession    be expected to look, as ating improvisation,

        `You are surprised to see me again, Miss tulliver - I ougo apologise for ing upon you by surprise, but I ed to e into to our man to ro I ;Maid of Artois" for your cousin. I fot to her?

        `Yes, said Maggie, e knoo do, sat down again.

        Step,    doe a it irely neion.

        `ell, you pampered minion! said Stepo pull t drooped gies arm. It    a suggestive remark, and as t follo up by furt, it naturally left tion at a stand-still. It seemed to Stepion in a dream t o do, and    o go on stroking Minnys    it :    Maggie, and t s    e eyes of isfied and quite reasoer t.    it    of monomania o    t long look from Maggie, and ion tinually to find out some means by    its appearing singular aailing subsequent embarrassment. As fgie sinct t - only t of a closely-o look up and sa Minnys back .

        But t end some time - per ended very soon, and only seemed long, as a minutes dream does. Step last sat uprig Maggie.    should he say?

        `e s, I t you go out a?

        `I dont kno of t playing cribbage h my uncle.

        A pause: during     insig to be grateful for it - to groher.

        `Do you like sitting alone?

        A rat glang at Step be quite civil to say "yes"?

        `It ion for an intruder to ask, said Steped    glance, aiermio stay for anot you er I am gone, aking out cill    seven.

        Anoteadily out of till by a great effort so look do Minnys back again, and said,

        `I o go out. e lose our music.

        `e somorro your friend P home.

        Maggie gave a little start - it seemed ion t passed from o foot in an instant. But tion, and laying Minny on    to rea its er. Steped: , per like to be mentioo    abrupt o stay any longer. Maggie ing    table on for uitous, entirely superfluous visit of t sort o make a man disagreeable and ridiculous. Of course it o Maggies t ily in ting off again and finding her alone.

        A boyisate of mind of an aplisleman of five and ty, not    legal kno a refereo ory, per not incredible.

        At t Maggies ball of knitting-arted up to reac. Stepoo, and, pig up t    gave e a neo Maggie, ed to her.

        `Good-by, said Stepo ent as    put out    boto ail pockets as    she had perhaps been rude.

        `ont you stay? simidly, not looking a would have seemed rude again.

        `No, tepill into ted eyes, as a ty man looks torack of tant brook. `t is ing for me,... Youll tell your cousin.

        `Yes.

        `t I broughe music, I mean.

        `Yes.

        `And t Philip is e back.

        `Yes. (Maggie did not notice Pime.)

        `ont you e out a little o tepill geone, but t moment    s say `No, for soo take    and o make him amends.

        `Do take my arm, one, as if it .

        trangely o most    offer of t ed p t moment, but trengt is outside t ts a tinual    of tio ground or some otook toget and uate as ter of an    Step yet perceiving in oms of returning reasonableness, and Maggie ing ts across to be t? Not a    ensely scious of ther.

        `take care of tep, said Step last.

        `O, I    tep had e like a rescue. `Good evening.

        In an instant so t reflect t tion o tions of t    left for t. So t into tears.

        `O Pogetly - in the Red Deeps.

        Steper , t on to t, and    t ter anot pool. But    leave off. ermined not to t to admit any more distinct remembraual presenaggie.    her and she was on his arm.

        But ty of y of cursing terly determining t rust    aco Lucy, and engaged - engaged as strongly as an ulliver, to be to a fever by , straroublesome, adorable o some man or ot .    not to er ure. o    possible to quarrel ure radig and ging, imperious and beseeces. to see sucure subdued by love for one    o another man.

        ttered exclamation ing o s stalked along at a quieter pace t    of a beory kind.
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