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"Do you think so?" answered he, with a kind of lazy indifference, exceedingly gratifying to his father, who was listening with some eagerness to his answer. YOU THINK SO ANSWERED HE WITH A KIND OF LAZY INDIFFERENCE EXCEEDINGLY GRATIFYING TO HIS FATHER WHO WAS LISTENING WITH SOME EAGERNESS TO HIS ANSWER
ionate, despairing resistance to it; nor yet, if it were trustfully acknowledged to have some wise end, should we dare to baulk it, and defraud it by putting it on one side, and, by seeking the distractions of worldly things, not let it do its full work. And then he returned to his conversation with Maggie. That had been real comfort to him. What an advantage it would be to Erminia to have such a girl for a friend and companion! It was rather strange that, having this thought, and having been struck, as I said, with Maggie's appearance while she stood in the door-way (and I may add that this impression of her unobtrusive beauty had been deepened by several succeeding interviews), he should reply as he did to Erminia's remark, on first seeing Maggie after her return from France. "How lovely Maggie is growing! Why, I had no idea she would ever turn out pretty. Sweet-looking she always was; but now her style of beauty makes her positively distinguished. Frank! speak! is not she beautiful?  DECREE THERE WOULD BE NO PASSIONATE DESPAIRING RESISTANCE TO IT NOR YET IF IT WERE TRUSTFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED TO HAVE SOME WISE END SHOULD WE DARE TO BALK IT AND DEFRAUD IT BY PUTTING IT TO ONE SIDE AND BY SEEKING THE DISTRACTIONS OF WORLDLY THINGS NOT LET IT DO ITS FULL WORK THEN HE RETURNED TO HIS CONVERSATION WITH MAGGIE THAT HAD BEEN A REAL COMFORT TO HIM WHAT AN ADVANTAGE IT WOULD BE TO A MINIA TO HAVE SUCH A GIRL FOR A FRIEND AND COMPANION IT WAS RATHER STRANGE THAT HAVING THIS THOUGHT AND HAVING BEEN STRUCK AS I SAID WITH MAGGIE'S APPEARANCE WHILE SHE STOOD IN THE DOOR AND I MAY ADD THAT THIS IMPRESSION OF HER UNOBTRUSIVE BEAUTY HAD BEEN DEEPENED BY SEVERAL SUCCEEDING INTERVIEWS HE SHOULD REPLY AS HE DID TO HER MINIA'S REMARK ON FIRST SEEING MAGGIE AFTER HER RETURN FROM FRANCE OH HOW LOVELY MAGGIE IS GROWING WHY HAD HAD NO IDEA SHE WOULD EVER TURN OUT PRETTY SWEET LOOKING SHE ALWAYS WAS BUT NOW HER STYLE OF BEAUTY MAKES HER POSITIVELY DISTINGUISHED FRANK SPEAK IS SHE NOT BEAUTIFUL
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