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Why you're glad your father is dead, rather than he should have lived to see this day; and rightly too, I think. And you'll not go and disgrace Frank. From what Mr. Henry hears, Edward has been a discredit to you in many ways. WHY YOU'RE GLAD YOUR FATHER IS DEAD RATHER HE SHOULD HAVE LIVED TO SEE THIS DAY AND RIGHTLY TOO I THINK AND YOU'RE NOT GOING DISGRACE FRANK FROM WHAT MISTER HENRY HEARS EDWARD HAS BEEN A DISCREDIT TO YOU IN MANY WAYS
h, 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. "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! F 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 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
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