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At last he said: "Come now, be a sensible girl, and face it out. I've a plan to propose." "I hear," said she, in a dull veiled voice. "Why, you know how against this engagement I have always been. AT LAST HE SAID COME NOW BE A SENSIBLE GIRL AND FACE IT OUT I'VE A PLAN TO PROPOSE I HEAR SAID SHE IN A DULLED VEIL VOICE WHY YOU KNOW HOW AGAINST THIS ENGAGEMENT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
may well say disgrace. You're a good girl yourself, Maggie. I have always said that. How Edward has turned out as he has done, I cannot conceive. But now, Maggie, I've something to say to you." He moved uneasily about, as if he did not know how to begin. Maggie was standing leaning her head against the chimney-piece, longing for her visitor to go, dreading the next minute, and wishing to shrink into some dark corner of oblivion where she might forget all for a time, till she regained a small portion of the bodily strength that had been sorely tried of late. Mr. Buxton saw her white look of anguish, and read it in part, but not wholly. He was too intent on what he was going to say. "I've been lying awake all night, thinking. You see the disgrace it is to you, though you are innocent; and I'm sure you can't think of involving Frank in it." Maggie went to the little sofa, and, kneeling down by it, hid her face in the cushions. He did not go on, for he thought she was not listening to him. BEFORE THIS DISGRACE CAME UPON US YOU MAY WELL SAY DISGRACE YOU'RE A GOOD GIRL YOURSELF MAGGIE I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT HOW EDWARD HAS TURNED OUT AS HE HAS I CANNOT CONCEIVE BUT NOW MAGGIE I'VE SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU HE MOVED UNEASILY ABOUT AS IF HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO BEGIN MAGGIE WAS STANDING LEANING HER HEAD AGAINST THE CHIMNEY PIECE LONGING FOR HER VISITOR TO GO DREADING THE NEXT MINUTE AND WISHING TO SHRINK INTO SOME DARK CORNER OF OBLIVION WHERE SHE MIGHT FORGET ALL FOR A TIME TILL SHE REGAINED A SMALL PORTION OF THE BODILY STRENGTH THAT HAD BEEN SORELY TRIED OF LATE WHEN BUXTON SAW HER WHITE LOOK OF ANGUISH AND READ IT IN PART BUT NOT WHOLLY HE WAS TOO INTENT ON WHAT HE WAS GOING TO SAY I'VE BEEN LYING AWAKE ALL NIGHT THINKING YOU SEE THE DISGRACE IT IS TO YOU THOUGH YOU ARE INNOCENT AND I'M SURE YOU CAN'T THINK OF INVOLVING FRANK IN IT MAGGIE WENT TO THE LITTLE SOFA AND KNEELING DOWN BY IT HID HER FACE IN THE CUSHIONS HE DID NOT GO ON FOR HE THOUGHT SHE WAS NOT LISTENING TO HIM
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