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A Laodicean

BOOK THE SIXTH
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He will forgive me anything.' 'Well, pray don't show yourself forward.

Some people are apt to fly into extremes.' Paula blushed a trifle, and reflected, and made no answer.

However, her purpose seemed not to be permanently affected, for the next morning she was up betimes and preparing to depart; and they proceeded almost without stopping to the architectural curiosity-town which had so quickly interested her.

Nevertheless her ardent manner of yesterday underwent a considerable change, as if she had a fear that, as her aunt suggested, in her endeavour to make amends for cruel injustice, she was allowing herself to be carried too far.
On nearing the place she said, 'Aunt, I think you had better call upon him; and you need not tell him we have come on purpose.

Let him think, if he will, that we heard he was here, and would not leave without seeing him.


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