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But I found out it was all humbug, and of course I stopped. Then she began to hunt me, Out of spite. And she heard from someone Driffel, as likely as not all about Henrietta; and yesterday Henrietta had a letter from her. This morning I was sent for, to explain myself. 'At one time, then, you had lost sight of her altogether?
'She has always had money from me, more or less regularly, except at the time that Driffel kept her. But there has been nothing else between us, since that first year. I kept up payments on account of the child, and she was cheating me in that too. Of course she put out the baby to nurse, and I understood it lived on; but the truth was it died after a month or two starved to death, no doubt.
Archie had no great mind to this diversion, but he took it like a duty laid upon him, went with a decent regularity, did his manfullest with the liquor, held up his head in the local jests, and got home again and was able to put up his horse, to the admiration of Kirstie and the lass that helped her. He dined at Driffel, supped at Windielaws.
You're a beast and a villain, and there's an end of it. 'And how has this become known to Miss Winter? Harvey inquired, seeing that Morphew lost himself in gloom. 'You might almost guess it; these things always happen in the same way. You've heard me speak of a fellow called Driffel no? I thought I might have mentioned him. He got to know the girl.
Young Hay and young Pringle appeared again. There was another supper at Windiclaws, another dinner at Driffel; and it resulted in Frank being taken to the bosom of the county people as unreservedly as he had been repudiated by the country folk. He occupied Hermiston after the manner of an invader in a conquered capital.
Young Hay and young Pringle appeared again. There was another supper at Windielaws, another dinner at Driffel; and it resulted in Frank being taken to the bosom of the county people as unreservedly as he had been repudiated by the country folk. He occupied Hermiston after the manner of an invader in a conquered capital.
Archie had no great mind to this diversion, but he took it like a duty laid upon him, went with a decent regularity, did his manfullest with the liquor, held up his head in the local jests, and got home again and was able to put up his horse, to the admiration of Kirstie and the lass that helped her. He dined at Driffel, supped at Windielaws.
I only learnt that, by taking a good deal of trouble, when she was with Driffel. 'Starved to death at a month or two old, murmured Rolfe. 'The best thing for it, no doubt. 'It's worse than anything I have done, said Morphew, miserably. 'I think more of it now than I did at the time. A cruel, vile thing! 'And you told Miss Winter everything? 'Everything that can be spoken about.
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