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She did not lose much time, only while she picked up her knitting from a work-basket on the table beside her. When she had put her needle safely through the first stitch she turned her eyes kindly upon me and began: "So this is your birthday, Amey? Poor Amey; I remember the day you were born, well. I never thought at that time the world would be such a see-saw as it has since shown itself to be.
Would she cover the unconscious lips, that in deepest reverence and most hallowed and respectful love I stooped and kissed? Would she, Amey tell me do you think she would?" he pleaded, with a wistful sadness. "I don't think so, Mr. Dalton," I replied in solemn earnest. "If things had been otherwise, no one would have had a better right to do so than you.
"Every reason in the world." "And I have so often envied you, Amey Hampden, and thought you a fortunate and happy girl beside a wretch like me." "Alice!" I broke in, in consternation "how can you talk like this? You, the spoilt darling of Fortune herself, you, the cynosure of so many eyes, the possessor of untold worldly comfort and happiness."
We are all a little silly sometime in our lives," I alleged in self defence. "Poor Amey!" he said almost in a whisper, "you do not know how prone human nature is to folly yet, when you are as old as I, you will have learned something of it." "You speak as if you were very ancient," I exclaimed, making little of his serious talk.
"O you will make me too proud, Amey!" she exclaimed so innocently, that I leaned over and touched her peach-like cheek with my lips. She coloured still more, as I did so. I noticed it, and I said: "I will never tell you anything but the truth Hortense, will we be friends enough for this?" "Oh, yes!
She wore a negligee of white, with delicate trimmings of swan's down and looked, on the whole, the living impersonation of luxury and beauty. When I was shown in she greeted me with a languid smile, but did not alter her comfortable position. "I am so glad you've come, Amey," she said looking up at me where I stood beside her.
I was a little disconcerted, however, when he looked at me seriously and said in a slow measured tone: "Then this is not the Amey Hampden that I have known all along. She would never have said such ugly things as those I have just heard; she was not a selfish little girl, and would fear to displease her friends or those who loved her."
He did not say much to Amey herself, but I saw that he was resolved to throw impediments in the way of their love's progress.
"Did she get here in time? Who went after her?" "The minister went. We had 'em here a fortnight, well on to 't." "What, the minister, too?" "No, I mean the young woman who come from Charlestown with Jenny. Her name was " He paused long, endeavoring to recall that name. It trembled on the doctor's lips, but he did not utter it. At last said Farmer Elkins, "There! it was Miss Amey, Amey? Yes.
"Come Robert! come Louis!" she added, as she descended the steps leading to the gate. "We are not over early. I hope you won't be lonesome, Amey," she said, turning back, with one hand on the open gate. "Not she," Mr. Nyle broke in, with mischief in his tone, "she'll keep herself busy with such pleasant thoughts that she will never miss us go on."
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