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When in India, she had looked most favorably upon Captain Bramble's intimacy with her child, where there were accessory circumstances to further her claims; but now she soon told her daughter in private, that Captain Bramble was a match fit and proper in all respects for such as she was. WHEN IN INDIA SHE HAD LOOKED MOST FAVORABLY UPON CAPTAIN BRAMBLE'S INTIMACY WITH HER CHILD WHERE THERE WERE ACCESSORY CIRCUMSTANCES TO FURTHER HER CLAIMS BUT NOW SHE SOON TOLD HER DAUGHTER IN PRIVATE THAT CAPTAIN BRAMBLE WAS A MATCH FIT AND PROPER IN ALL RESPECTS FOR SUCH AS SHE WAS
siness with him was seriously impeded by the presence of these parties. Maud, too, was not a disinterested party, as the reader may well imagine, after the audacious treachery which she had already evinced; but she was comparatively passive now, and seemed quietly to bide her time for accomplishing her second resolve touching him she once loved but now hated, as well as satisfying her revengeful spirit by the misery or destruction of her rival. We say affairs in Don Leonardo's residence had assumed a singular and peculiar aspect, and the dull routine of everyday life that had characterized the last year was totally changed. The singular coincidence of the meeting between Miss Huntington and her rejected lover, Captain Bramble, under such singular circumstances, led him once more to press this suit, and now, as she regarded him largely in the light of a protector, the widow quite approved of his intimacy, and indeed, as far as propriety would permit, seconded his suit with her daughter. TAIN RATLIN WHOSE BUSINESS WITH HIM WAS SERIOUSLY IMPEDED BY THE PRESENCE OF THESE PARTIES MAUD TOO WAS NOT A DISINTERESTED PARTY AS THE READER MAY WELL IMAGINE AFTER THE AUDACIOUS TREACHERY WHICH SHE HAD ALREADY EVINCED BUT SHE WAS COMPARATIVELY PASSIVE NOW AND SEEMED QUIETLY TO BIDE HER TIME FOR ACCOMPLISHING HER SECOND RESOLVE TOUCHING HIM SHE ONCE LOVED BUT NOW HATED AS WELL AS SATISFYING HER REVENGEFUL SPIRIT BY THE MISERY OR DESTRUCTION OF HER RIVAL WE SAY AFFAIRS IN DON LEONARDO'S RESIDENCE HAD ASSUMED A SINGULAR AND PECULIAR ASPECT AND THE DULL ROUTINE OF EVERY DAY LIFE THAT HAD CHARACTERIZED THE LAST YEAR WAS TOTALLY CHANGED THE SINGULAR COINCIDENCE OF THE MEETING BETWEEN MISS HUNTINGTON AND HER REJECTED LOVER CAPTAIN BRAMBLE UNDER SUCH SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES LED HIM ONCE MORE TO PRESS THIS SUIT AND NOW AS SHE REGARDED HIM LARGELY IN THE LIGHT OF A PROTECTOR THE WIDOW QUITE APPROVED OF HIS INTIMACY AND INDEED AS FAR AS PROPRIETY WOULD PERMIT SECONDED HIS SUIT WITH HER DAUGHTER
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