Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 708

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Various. Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 708

A CORNISH HAVEN

THE LAST OF THE HADDONS

SUBMARINE CABLES

CROSS-PURPOSES

POLAR COLONISATION

A FEW WORDS ABOUT POULTRY

THE WALMER LIFE-BOAT

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After making two or three attempts to obtain a private interview with me, and finding that it was not to be, Philip did not stay very long, explaining that he had only come down for the papers, and had business in town for the remainder of the day. Somewhat more gravely and quietly than usual, he shook hands with Mrs Tipper and Lilian; and then, in a matter-of-course way, said: 'Come, Mary.'

I knew that I must not refuse. Murmuring an excuse for a moment, I ran up to my room and fell upon my knees, asking for the strength I so sorely needed for the coming trial; then joined him again, and we went out together. As we walked down the lane, I felt that he too was nerving himself; and presently he asked, in a low grave voice: 'What made you talk in the way you did just now, Mary?'

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'Nonsense; don't make a fuss over such a trifle.'

But I separated two five-pound notes from the rest, and was very decided about his taking back the purse.

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