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He lifted her in his arms, talking to her passionately of the feelings which had been the counterpart to hers, the longings, jealousies, renunciations above all, the agony of that moment at the Mastertons' party. "Hallin was the only person who understood," he said; "he knew all the time that I should love you to my grave. I could talk to him."

Allison's shoulder, bending her height to her small hostess. "What a day, and what a place! Hallin and I have been over hill and dale. But he is getting such a botanist, the little monkey! He will hardly forgive me because I forgot one of the flowers we found out yesterday in his botany book."

They stayed talking about it a few minutes, Hallin eagerly directing Raeburn's attention to the two or three points where he thought the Government could really do good. Then Raeburn turned to go. "I shall come and drag you out to-morrow afternoon," he said, as he opened the door. "You needn't," said Hallin, with a smile; "in fact, don't; I shall have my jaunt."

Mamma can't come down, but she begs that we will all enjoy ourselves." "We'll endeavour," said young Leven, rubbing his hands, "by the help of tea. Miss Boyce, will you please tell Aldous and Mr. Hallin not to talk politics when they're taking me out to a party. They should fight a man of their own size. I'm all limp and trampled on, and want you to protect me."

Their dunnage, together with a few boxes of provisions, and a couple of water casks, lay scattered about the deck, and now, their immediate task done, the fellows were sullenly staring around. Hallin was first to speak. "Vot vas eet you say 'bout dis sheep? Eet haf cholera hey?" Dorothy took a step forward, and confronted them, her cheeks flushed.

A man of his type asks for no advance from the woman; the woman he loves does not make them; but at the same time he has a natural self-esteem, and believes readily in his power to win the return he is certain he will deserve. "And this?" she said, moving restlessly towards his table, and taking up the photograph of Edward Hallin. "Ah! that is the greatest friend I have in the world.

He had the gift which enables a man, sitting perhaps after dinner in a mixed society of his college contemporaries, to lead the way imperceptibly from the casual subjects of the hour the river, the dons, the schools to arguments "of great pith and moment," discussions that search the moral and intellectual powers of the men concerned to the utmost, without exciting distrust or any but an argumentative opposition, Edward Hallin could do this without a pose, without a false note, nay, rather by the natural force of a boyish intensity and simplicity.

Meanwhile Marcella took a seat next to Miss Hallin, who looked up from her knitting to smile at her. The girl fell into the attitude of listening; but for some minutes she was not listening at all. She was reflecting how little men knew of each other! even the most intimate friends and trying to imagine what Aldous Raeburn would be like, married to such a charmer as Frank had sketched.

Bennett had the air of the shrewd and kindly spectator who has his own reasons for treating a situation with reserve; and Hallin was lying back in his chair flushed and worn out. The previous debate, which had now merged in these questions of men and personalities, had made him miserable; he had no heart for anything more.

Look at Hallin, those are the people whom he cares to talk to. That's a shoemaker, that man to the left really an awfully cute fellow and this man in front, I think he told me he was a mason, a Socialist of course would like to string me up to-morrow. Did you ever see such a countenance? Whenever that man begins, I think we must be precious near to shooting.