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"Nor I nuther," agreed Elias Sweetland, "tho' to be sure, I've a-kept my eye 'pon en, an' the wonders he accomplishes in an old pair o' Tresidder's high-lows must be seen to be believed. But that's no call for Ruby's dancin' wi' he a'most so much as wi' her proper man." "The gel's takin' her fling afore wedlock. I heard Sarah Ann Nanjulian, just now, sayin' she ought to be clawed."
"The gel's right," corroborated old Josselin, pausing as he filled a pipe. "I remember it." "This is what I have to report Sir Oliver has asked me to marry him." There was a pause. "I dunno," said the old man sourly and Ruth knew that tone so well!
"A nice lad, but he won't suit me for Marjorie's husband. Hugh, the gel's in the garden, she is sitting by the lily-pond and believes her heart is broken, but it isn't! Go and prove it isn't; go now!" He met her eyes and flushed red. "I'll go and have a talk to Marjorie," he said. "You haven't been too rough with her, have you?" "Rough! I know how to deal with gels.
"The gel's not of age, so I could put my spoke in, and make it rare and troublesome for her. I will, too, ef you'll only put me up to the straight tip, Dent." To Granger's surprise, Dent took all this information with wonderful equanimity. "I wouldn't try that on," he said.
But show me the daughter that could do better for herself than my gel's father has done for her. She has a big fortune, and her husband has a big name, and what more do they want in this world anyway?" "Nothing at all," came from various parts of the room.
It seemed like an an- gel's, alluring her upward and onward. She thought she could ascend to him and become an equal. She surrendered to him a priceless gem, which he proudly garnered as a trophy, with those of other victims, and left her to her fate. The world seemed full of hateful deceivers and crushing arrogance.
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