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THE DRAWING-MASTER'S CONFESSION.
"Is there nothing else you can suggest ?" Emily asked.
"Nothing--at present." "If my aunt fails us, have we no other hope ?" "I have hope in Mrs.Rook," Alban answered.

"I see I surprise you; but I really mean what I say.

Sir Jervis's housekeeper is an excitable woman, and she is fond of wine.

There is always a weak side in the character of such a person as that.