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"Very nearly. She's to give up her engagement, and then he will let me off." "Do you mean that Maggie is to give up her engagement to Mr. Frank Buxton?" asked his mother. "Yes. It would never have come to anything, one might see that. Old Buxton would have held out against it till doomsday. And, sooner or later, Frank would have grown weary. If Maggie had had any spirit, she might have worked him up to marry her before now; and then I should have been spared even this fright, for they would never have set the police after Mrs. Frank Buxton's brother." VERY NEARLY SHE'S TO GIVE UP HER ENGAGEMENT AND THEN HE'LL LET ME OFF DO YOU MEAN SAID MAGGIE IS TO GIVE UP HER ENGAGEMENT TO MISTER FRANK BUXTON ASKED HIS MOTHER YES WE WOULD NEVER HAVE COME TO ANYTHING WE MIGHT SEE THAT OLD BUXTON WOULD HAVE HELD OUT AGAINST IT TILL DOOMSDAY AND SOON OR LATER FRANK WOULD HAVE GROWN WEARY IF MAGGIE HAD ANY SPIRIT SHE MIGHT HAVE WORKED HIM UP TO MARRY HER BEFORE NOW AND THEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPARED EVEN THIS FRIGHT FOR THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE SET THE POLICE AFTER MISSUS FRANK BUXTON'S BROTHER
rouble; but Maggie is going to help me out of it, like a good sister." "What is it?" said Mrs. Browne, looking bewildered and uneasy. "Oh--I took a little liberty with our friend Mr. Buxton's name; and wrote it down to a receipt--that was all." Mrs. Browne's face showed that the light came but slowly into her mind. "But that's forgery--is not it?" asked she at length, in terror. "People call it so," said Edward; "I call it borrowing from an old friend, who was always willing to lend." "Does he know?--is he angry?" asked Mrs. Browne. "Yes, he knows; and he blusters a deal. He was working himself up grandly at first. Maggie! I was getting rarely frightened, I can tell you." "Has he been here?" said Mrs. Browne, in bewildered fright. "Oh, yes! he and Maggie have been having a long talk, while I was hid in the china-closet. I would not go over that half-hour again for any money. However, he and Maggie came to terms, at last." "No, Edward, we did not!" said Maggie, in a low quivering voice.  HE I'VE BEEN RATHER A NAUGHTY BOY AND GOT INTO SOME TROUBLE BUT MAGGIE'S GOING TO HELP ME OUT OF IT LIKE A GOOD SISTER WHAT IS IT SAID MISSUS BROWNE LOOKING BEWILDERED AND UNEASY OH I TOOK A LITTLE LIBERTY WITH OUR FRIEND MISTER BUXTON'S NAME AND WROTE IT DOWN TO A RECEIPT THAT WAS ALL MISSUS BROWNE'S FACE SHOWED THAT THE LIGHT CAME BUT SLOWLY INTO HER MIND BUT THAT'S FORGERY IS NOT IT SHE ASKED AT LENGTH IN TERROR PEOPLE CALL IT SO SAID EDWARD I CALL IT BORROWING FROM AN OLD FRIEND WHO IS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND DOES HE KNOW IS HE ANGRY ASKED MISSUS BROWNE YES HE KNOWS AND HE BLUSTERS A DEAL HE WAS WORKING HIMSELF UP GRANDLY AT FIRST MAGGIE I WAS GETTING REALLY FRIGHTENED I CAN TELL YOU HAS HE BEEN HERE SAID MISSUS BROWNE IN BEWILDERED FRIGHT OH YES HE AND MAGGIE HAVE BEEN HAVING A LONG TALK WHILE I WAS HID IN THE CHINA CLOSET I WOULD NOT GO OVER THAT HALF HOUR AGAIN FURTHER ANY MONEY HOWEVER HE AND MAGGIE CAME TO TERMS AT LAST NO EDWARD WE DID NOT SAID MAGGIE IN A LOW QUIVERING VOICE
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