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"As if I do not care when you use me badly! Won't you tell me what is the matter?" I asked tenderly. "Oh, Mr. Highrank, I am so unhappy!" she whispered. "Why so, my dear?" No one could help calling Eva "my dear"; besides, we were hidden by the heavy window curtain and no one overheard us. "I I am going to be married," she said.
This provoked me, and I replied, rather warmly, pretending I did not know what she meant, "It appears to me an odd manner you have of receiving an offer, Miss Blanche. I think you should at least treat me with politeness." She became serious in a moment when she saw I was hurt, and did not lose her good-temper at my rude speech, but said pleasantly, "You are not fond of being teased, Mr. Highrank.
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