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"Going away, Margaret?" the cashier cried; "going away—to day—this morning?" GOING AWAY MARGARET THE CASHIER CRIED GOING AWAY TO DAY THIS MORNING
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?" 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. "I have had sufficient rest," she said, in a low, tremulous voice; "I got up early because—because—I am going away." Her two hands had been hanging loosely amongst the fringes of her shawl; she lifted them now, and linked her fingers together with a convulsive motion; but she never withdrew her eyes from Clement's face, and her glance never faltered as she looked at him. R 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 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 I HAVE HAD SUFFICIENT REST SHE SAID IN A LOW TREMULOUS VOICE I GOT UP EARLY BECAUSE BECAUSE I AM GOING AWAY HER TWO HANDS HAD BEEN HANGING LOOSELY AMONGST THE FRINGES OF HER SHAWL SHE LIFTED THEM NOW AND LINKED HER FINGERS TOGETHER WITH A CONVULSIVE MOTION BUT SHE NEVER WITHDREW HER EYES FROM CLEMENT'S FACE AND HER GLANCE NEVER FALTERED AS SHE LOOKED AT HIM
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