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The girl rose and looked at her lover with a grave and quiet earnestness of expression; but her face was quite as colourless as it had been upon the previous night, and her lips trembled a little as she spoke to Clement. THE GIRL ROSE AND LOOKED AT HER LOVER WITH A GRAVE AND QUIET EARNESTNESS OF EXPRESSION BUT HER FACE WAS QUITE AS COLORLESS AS IT HAD BEEN UPON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND HER LIPS TREMBLED A LITTLE AS SHE SPOKE TO CLEMENT
he had opened it, and then went slowly to the sitting-room. There was a struggling fire in the shining grate; and the indefatigable waiter, who refused to believe in the extinction of mail-coaches, had laid the breakfast apparatus—frosty-looking white-and-blue cups and saucers on a snowy cloth, a cut-glass cream-jug that looked as if it had been made out of ice, and a brazen urn in the last stage of polish. The breakfast service was harmoniously adapted to the season, and eminently calculated to produce a fit of shivering in the sojourner at the Reindeer. But Clement Austin did not bestow so much as one glance upon the breakfast-table. He hurried to the bow-window, where Margaret Wilmot was sitting, neatly dressed in her morning garments, with her shawl on, and her bonnet lying on a chair near her. "Margaret!" exclaimed Clement, as he approached the place where Joseph Wilmot's daughter was sitting; "my dear Margaret, why did you get up so early this morning, when you so much need rest? ED THE DOOR AS NOISELESSLY AS HE HAD OPENED IT AND THEN WENT SLOWLY TO THE SITTING ROOM THERE WAS A STRUGGLING FIRE IN THE SHINING GRATE AND THE INDEFATIGABLE WAITER WHO REFUSED TO BELIEVE IN THE EXTINCTION OF MAIL COACHES HAD LAID THE BREAKFAST APPARATUS FROSTY LOOKING WHITE AND BLUE CUPS AND SAUCERS ON A SNOWY CLOTH A CUT GLASS CREAM JUG THAT LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BEEN MADE OUT OF ICE AND A BRAZEN URN IN THE LAST STAGE OF POLISH THE BREAKFAST SERVICE WAS HARMONIOUSLY ADAPTED TO THE SEASON AND EMINENTLY CALCULATED TO PRODUCE A FIT OF SHIVERING IN THE SOJOURNER THE REINDEER BUT CLEMENT AUSTIN DID NOT BESTOW SO MUCH AS ONE GLANCE UPON THE BREAKFAST TABLE HURRIED TO THE BOW WINDOW WHERE MARGARET WILMOT WAS SITTING NEATLY DRESSED IN HER MOURNING GARMENTS WITH HER SHAWL ON AND HER BONNET LYING ON A CHAIR NEAR HER MARGARET EXCLAIMED CLEMENT AS HE APPROACHED THE PLACE WHERE JOSEPH WILMOT'S DAUGHTER WAS SITTING MY DEAR MARGARET WHY DID YOU GET UP SO EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN YOU SO MUCH NEED REST
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