[The Girl at Cobhurst by Frank Richard Stockton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Girl at Cobhurst CHAPTER XXVIII 15/18
The two will move in very different spheres, and neither can be of any benefit to the other.
More than that I will not say; but I will say that your sister can never find any friend so eager to love her, and so willing to help and be helped by her in so many ways in which girls can help each other, as my dear Dora.
Now bestir yourself, Mr.Haverley, and make Miriam look at this thing as she ought to.
I don't pretend to deny that I have spoken to you very much for Dora's sake, for whom I have an almost motherly feeling; but you should act for your sister's sake. And please don't forget what I have said, young man, and give Miriam my best love." When Ralph walked back to the Tolbridge piazza he found the working-girl sitting there, waiting for him.
His mind was not in an altogether satisfactory condition; some things Miss Panney had said had pleased and even excited him, but there were other things that he resented.
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