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Title: The Martins of Cro'Martin
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Lever, Charles James, 1806-1872
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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singbred, said he, after a pause, * youlllaugh at me, if I tell you I was in love with the Governess!Well, I should have laughed too, some six months ago, if anyman had prophesied it; but the way I put the matter to myselfis this: If I do succeed to a good estate, I have a right toindulge my own fancy in a wife; if I dont—that is, if I be aIuined man—wheres the harm in marrying beneath me? Quite right, admirably argued, laid I, impatiently; goon.» Im glad you agree with me, said he, with the stupidsatisfaction of imbecility. I thougiit I had reduced the ques-tion to its very narrowest bounds. So you have; go on, cried I. Miss Henderson, said I—for I determined to show thatI was speaking seriously, and so I didnt call her Kate— MissHenderson, I Avant to speak to you. I have been long seeking^this opportunity; and if you will vouchgafe me a few minutesnow, and hear me, on a subject upon which all my happiness inlife depends When I got that far she put her work down on her knee,
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SOME CONFESSIONS OF WCK MASSINGBRED. 433 and stared at me with those large, full eyes of hers so steadily—ay, so haughtily, too—that I half wished myself fifty milesaway. * Captain Martin, said she, in a low, distinct voice, hasit ever occurred to you in life to have, by a mere moment ofreflection—a sudden flash of intelligence—saved yourself fromsome step, some act which, if accomplished, had broughtnothing but outrage to your feeling, aud insult to your self-esteem ? Let such now rescue you from resuming this theme. But you dont understand me, said I. What I wish to say Just at that instant my father came into the room in search of her, and I made my escape to hide the confusionthat I felt ready to overwhelm me. And have you not seen her since ? No, Indeed, I think it quite as well, too. Shell havetime to think over what I said, and see what a deuced goodoSer it is; for though I know she was going to make objectionsabout inequality of station and all that, at the time, refle

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