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Who would have thought it! And is it really true? Oh! my sweetest Lizzy! how rich and how great you will be! What pin-money, what jewels, what carriages you will have! Jane's is nothing to it nothing at all. I am so pleased so happy. Such a charming man! so handsome! so tall! Oh, my dear Lizzy! pray apologise for my having disliked him so much before. I hope he will overlook it. Dear, dear Lizzy.

He had passed through another long conflict with his old appetites; but love for his child came off, as before, the conqueror. Lizzy, who drooped about all day, lying down most of her time, never went to sleep early. She was awake, as usual, when her father returned.

Ye may speyk to my lady there as ye wad to mysel' an' better, haein' the hert o' a wuman." Lizzy blushed a deep red, and dared but the glimmer of a glance at Clementina, but there was only shame, no annoyance in her face. "Ye winna repent it, Lizzy," concluded Malcolm, and turned away.

'Did you ever see a cowslip-ball, my Lizzy? 'No. 'Come away, then; make haste! run, Lizzy! And on we go, fast, fast! down the road, across the lea, past the workhouse, along by the great pond, till we slide into the deep narrow lane, whose hedges seem to meet over the water, and win our way to the little farmhouse at the end.

Her look and her tone filled Lizzy with terror, and banished her grief for the time being. "Mercy, Mercy, don't look so!" she exclaimed. "Speak to me! Oh, do cry, can't you?" And Lizzy's tears flowed afresh. "No, Lizzy, I don't think I can cry," said Mercy, in the same strange, low voice. "I wish I could have spoken to him once, though. Did he leave any word for me?

This was the special request of the parents, and as it is my dear Father's name, how could I object? He is, of course, my godson, and a dear little fellow he is. At the end of my sermon, I added a few words to "George," and besought the prayers of the Nengone people for him and his child. George is baptized, and baby; and Sarah's child, Lizzy, I baptized long ago.

When the cup was full he ceased pressing, and the flow immediately stopped. 'Now we must fill up the keg with water, said Lizzy, 'or it will cluck like forty hens when it is handled, and show that 'tis not full. 'But they tell you you may take it? 'Yes, the smugglers: but the buyers must not know that the smugglers have been kind to me at their expense. 'I see, said Stockdale doubtfully.

Florence glancing round perceived the absence of her cousin, and inquired the cause. "I dare say she is asleep, poor child," said Aunt Lizzy. "She is trying to rest, Miss Hamilton, and I would not advise any interruption. She needs quiet, for she was sorely tried by this day's fatigues," observed Dr. Bryant. "I am afraid so," replied Florence, an anxious look again settling on her face.

They seemed for a moment to have identified each other, and then to have become instantly conscious that they were nothing but strangers that such an identification was impossible. An audible sigh escaped Lizzy Glenn, as she passed slowly out and left the store. As she reached the pavement, she turned and looked back at Mrs. Gaston. Their eyes again met for an instant.

Bennet followed her, saying: "I am quite sorry, Lizzy, that you should be forced to have that disagreeable man all to yourself. But I hope you will not mind it: it is all for Jane's sake, you know; and there is no occasion for talking to him, except just now and then. So, do not put yourself to inconvenience." During their walk, it was resolved that Mr.