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The Half-Hearted

CHAPTER XII
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The democrat in her made her walk off with erect head and bright eyes, leaving a penitent boy behind; while all the time a sick, longing heart drove her to the edge of tears.
The days dragged slowly for the girl.

The brightness had gone out of the wide, airy landscape, and the warm August days seemed chill.

She hated herself for the wrong impression she had left on the boy Arthur's mind, but she was too proud to seek to erase it; she could but trust to his honour for silence.

If Lewis heard--the thought was too terrible to face! He would resign himself to the inevitable; she knew the temper of the man.

Good form was his divinity, and never by word or look would he attempt to win another man's betrothed.


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