Do you mean to say you would help me to pay my debts, when the governor has refused to do so any more ?' 'It would be a great pleasure to me, Leonard, to do anything for your good or your pleasure.' There was a long pause; they both sat looking down at the ground.

The woman's heart beat loud; she feared that the man must hear it.

She was consumed with anxiety, and with a desolating wish to be relieved from the strain of saying more.

Surely, surely Leonard could not be so blind as not to see the state of things!.

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