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The Woman’s Way

CHAPTER IV
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I'm going to take this thing upon me; you know why well enough." Heyton shot a glance at him, a glance full of hate and jealousy.
"Yes, it's for Miriam's sake," said Dene, quietly, without any sign of emotion.

"She and I were pals; nothing had ever come between us until you turned up.

She would have married me but for you.

Oh, I'm not blaming her; poor girl, there's a weak streak in her; she comes of a bad lot.

Of course, the Earl of Heyton, the son of a marquess, was a better match than Derrick Dene, a nobody, with his fortune to make, his bare living to get; but, on my soul, I think she would have stood by me, and would have resisted the temptation, if you had not told lies about me and persuaded her that I was an utter blackguard.


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