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The Merry Men

CHAPTER II
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Of course, father, you will know best, but perhaps we should do better to leave Mr.
Will's house for the present.

I believe, after what has passed, we should hardly be agreeable inmates for some days.' Will, who had commanded himself with difficulty from the first, broke out upon this into an inarticulate noise, and raised one hand with an appearance of real dismay, as if he were about to interfere and contradict.

But she checked him at once looking up at him with a swift glance and an angry flush upon her cheek.
'You will perhaps have the good grace,' she said, 'to let me explain these matters for myself.' Will was put entirely out of countenance by her expression and the ring of her voice.

He held his peace, concluding that there were some things about this girl beyond his comprehension, in which he was exactly right.
The poor parson was quite crestfallen.

He tried to prove that this was no more than a true lovers' tiff, which would pass off before night; and when he was dislodged from that position, he went on to argue that where there was no quarrel there could be no call for a separation; for the good man liked both his entertainment and his host.


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