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'But, curse o
farther and fare worse! Lord, I swear you may I'd be kind to you, and
it is not everybody would be that!' She had turned froht not see her face, and she did not
answer He waited ahis hat; his face was overcast,
hisbetween spite and pity At last, 'Well, 'tisn't ain, 'But there, I knooain, esture that meant assent, dissent, dismissal, as he
pleased to interpret it He took it to ,
'Well, well, have it your oay I'll go for this ti all
prudes, say I,' he withdrew reluctantly, and slowly closed the door
on her
As soon as he was gone the tempest, which Julia's pride had enabled her
to stern for a time, broke forth in a passion of tears and sobs, and,
throwing herself on the shabby -seat, she gave free vent to her
grief The happy future which the little bean had dangled before her
eyes, absurdly as he had fashioned and bedecked it, reminded her all too
sharply of that which she had promised herself with one, in whose
affections she had fancied herself secure, despite the attacks of the