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As soon as all was finished she felt herself being hurried, still sobbing and crying, back to the place from which she had started, and on entering heard the same voice she had listened to before, say, "Betty Bleecker's account is squared. Let a receipted bill be given her; advise her to run up no more accounts, and send her home."
No warrant had been given me to interfere; I was on no such intimate terms with Boyd; and as for Lana, she heeded Mrs. Bleecker's cautious sermons as lightly as a bluebird, drifting, heeds the soft air that thrills with his careless flight-song.
Bleecker's invitation, and that the girl was to remain permanently under her protection. The romantic fact that Lois was the orphan of white captives to the Senecas, and had living neither kith nor kin, impressed Angelina sentimentally, and Lana with an insatiable curiosity, if not with suspicion. As for Boyd, he had not recognised her at all, in her powder, patches, and pretty gowns.
"I had expected to yield to you very readily my interest and sympathy, but I had scarce expected to yield my heart to you at our first meeting." Lois stood mute, the smile still stamped on her lips. Suddenly the tears sprang to her eyes, and she turned away hastily; and Mrs. Bleecker's arm went 'round her waist.
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