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A PAIR OF BLUE

17

EYES.

shame of

my

publishers!

promised to send

me

every notice that

What

a

They

appeared.'

Ah, then

^

am

I

ahnost afraid

have

I

been giving you disagreeable information. intentionally withheld out of courtesy.

pend upon

they thought no good would

it

come of sending

you

De-

it,

and

so

would not pain

unnecessarily.' '

0, no

indeed glad you have

Lord Luxellian.

me.

told

am

I

It

is

Cjuite

mistaken kindness on their part. review so

much

against

a

Is the

me?' she inquired

tremulously. '

No, no

almost forget

was merely

not that exactly its

exact purport now.

—merely

sharp,

ungenerous, I might say.

memory

—though

does not enable

It

you know

But

me

I

really

my

to speak de-

cidedly.' ^

We'll drive to the Present

get one directly

VOL.

II.

shall we,

papa

office, ?'

c

and