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e attempted it; but Alison forgot that Jane--was quite a match for him, that her energy was quite equal to his, and that this tone was least of all d

y. "I have imposed upon you a condition which you promised to fulfil; the reason therefor, n

d just as defiant and provoking as those other words from her lips a few days before. Per

hich, from the bluntness of both characters, must have led to an irreparable breach. But the young merchant knew how to count the cost; he would not give up th

rembled in suppressed resentment--"but do not forget that I, too, have received a promise, and

mly and undoubtedly. "My word is as good as my oath

xed searchingly upon her face. She seemed to hesitate for one moment, only o

. "In the spring I shall come back to demand my wife; until then, you are free as you

this interview. It must be time

oom, where Doctor Stephen had meantime appeared. The doctor's jovial vivacity which

sked Atkins, as half an hour later h

d!" was the sho

changed, Henry! You have caught the spleen in Engla

he hastily reached Atk