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Together they were making habitable the second bungalow, which was within
calling distance of McClintock's. “I do not lay claim,” he continued, “to any remarkable amount of insight, but it
is possible, is it not, that I have stumbled upon your present cause of distress. He
was—a millionaire. ”
She stopped abruptly, and turned about toward the front door. ’
‘Was. Ann Veronica was much impressed by a mighty trying on and altering and
fussing about Alice’s “things”—Alice was being re-costumed from garret to
cellar, with a walking-dress and walking-boots to measure, and a bride’s costume
of the most ravishing description, and stockings and such like beyond the dreams
of avarice—and a constant and increasing dripping into the house of irrelevant
remarkable objects, such as—
Real lace bedspread;
Gilt travelling clock;
Ornamental pewter plaque;
Salad bowl (silver mounted) and servers;
Madgett’s “English Poets” (twelve volumes), bound purple morocco;
Etc. "
"Well said, Jack," cried Figg. Young and old were dressed in their gayest
apparel; and it was evident from the smiles that lighted up every countenance,
from the roguish looks of the younger swains, and the demure expression of
several pretty rustic maidens, that a ceremony, which never fails to interest all
classes,—a wedding,—was about to take place. As soon as the service was over, Thames contrived to approach him, and
whispered, "Be cautious,—the funeral will take place after evening service. I must practise what I preach. —Give me the letters, my love," she added aloud, and in her
most winning accents; "they're some wicked forgeries.
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