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I was obliged, I need scarcely tell you, May, she said,
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He did ask to see me, then? said May, with a bright eager look in her eyes. It was a look her aunt was well acquainted with, and usually presaged some speech which had to be deplored as being
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or
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Oh yes, replied Mrs. Dormer-Smith wearily.
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Of course, he asked; I had to go through all that. Under the circumstances he could scarcely do less.
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Has it ever occurred to you, May, Mrs. Dormer-Smith went on,
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Of course, it cannot be allowed to go on--this _engagement_, as he absurdly terms it.
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It is an engagement,
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But I think that in justice to him you ought to reflect that meanwhile you are injuring his prospects. I do not mean, she added with gentle sarcasm,
gpt
All those stories are malicious falsehoods,
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My dear child, one scarcely sees why people should trouble themselves to _invent_ stories about this lady and gentleman, who, after all, are persons of very small importance. But at any rate the stories are circulated, and believed. Under these circumstances it seems to me a--well, to say the least, an indiscreet proceeding, that Mr. Rivers, the moment he returns to England, should rush to Mrs. Bransby's house, and take up his abode there! However, it may be quite a usual sort of thing among persons in their position. Very likely. I only know that in _our_ world it would not do. We are less Arcadian. When I spoke of injuring Mr. Rivers's prospects, I meant as between him and his employer.
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Oh!