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"Why, you know how against this engagement I have always been. Frank is but three and twenty, and does not know his own mind, as I tell him. Besides, he might marry any one he chose." "He has chosen me," murmured Maggie. "Of course, of course. But you'll not think of keeping him to it, after what has passed. You would not have such a fine fellow as Frank pointed at as the brother in law of a forger, would you? It was far from what I wished for him before; but now! WHY YOU KNOW HOW AGAINST THIS ENGAGEMENT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FRANK IS BUT THREE AND TWENTY AND DOES NOT KNOW HIS OWN MIND AS I TELL HIM BESIDES HE MIGHT MARRY ANY ONE HE CHOSE HE HAS CHOSEN ME MURMURED MAGGIE OF COURSE OF COURSE BUT YOU'LL NOT THINK OF KEEPING TO HIM TO IT AFTER WHAT HAS PASSED YOU WOULD NOT HAVE SUCH A FINE FELLOW AS FRANK POINTED OUT AS THE BROTHER IN LAW OF A FORGER WOULD YOU IT WAS FAR FROM WHAT I WISHED FOR HIM BEFORE BUT NOW
t 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. 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.  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 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
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