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    404 MR* frankland's marriage.

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    you care to Hear wherefore ? ' These words , so low and grave , made me tremble like an leaf' Yesif lease' was all the reply

    aspen . , you p , I could frame . c Do you remember that I called you Susan ? ' here his voice shook . ' You appeared offended . I believed thatby

    grasp-, ing * too much for a poor lame fellow like me , I had lost tlie _, friendship that made me so happy . You wept , your gentle heart bled to give

    me pain , and I resolved I would never bring another tear into those dear eyes , but compelled myself to stay away from . you . I have

    borne many bitter trials , ' he went on , in almost a whisper ,, ' but none so sharp as this / At lastcatching at a straw , it . occurred to

    , me , perhaps you were not angry , perhaps you would forgive me . Was I wrong ? Will you forgive me ? ' _.,., ' I was never angry , ' but

    as I said the words iny face grew ; scarlet , feeling _tv / _iat I had said . troubled Then he came 6 But do closer you , know and said I cannot in a stop tone here so soft I , cannot so earnest call , you so

    Miss Wb , odville again ? Must I go away , and never , see you more ? . ' My heartbeat so fast I could not speakindeed I could not ! * Did

    , I terrify you ? does it grieve you so much to bid me go ? I will never pain you more . God bless you , Susan . ' .. The unspeakable

    sorrow in his voice made me brave against every thing * . ' Stay , _V I whispered' call me Susancall me— ' I did not say your Susan ,

    , , _btit he understood me , and he said oh , Jane ! I can tell you no more , but you will believe now how all trouble seems to have gone

    from us for ever . " I could , indeed . But my story has run such a length , that I must

    made not linger no obj any ection more to on the thi match s humble , further , happy than courtshi sneering p . Mrs at . the Dashwood i ( poor ,

    romantic simpletons . " She , however , expressed her dislike at long engagements in her house , and the lovers were not unwilling to

    hasten matters . The marriage was to take place in six weeks . Mr . Frankland had a small legacy laid by , which he took to buy the

    furniture , though his aunt pronounced it " too ludicrous ! " Miss Woodville ' s little savings procured her wardrobe , the house linen ,

    and a tea service . How she managed to get so much out of her savings , I could never understand ! Certainly her trousseau ( as she

    always called it ) was plainer than some house-maids ' , and she had a liked h . a PPy best art . of Simp convincing licity was herself so much that more whatever _elegant she than had finery , she . reall Yet y

    I suspected , had her means been different , she would have liked what was pretty as well as any little bride , so I made her an elegant

    wedding bonnet , instead of the much lauded _piu-itan straw . The present was received with sparkling eyes , and was the sole marriage

    gift they had , I believe , save sundiy clever pincushions made by her little pupils who loved her dearly . The Miss Dashwoods were really

    " very sorry , " but they were too poor with all their gaieties to afford presents . I dressed the bride ( and very sweet and pretty had she

    grown in my eyes ) in her white muslin dress , and beautiful bouquet

    of _hot-hotise flowers given by Mr . Tom Dashwood , who had taken

    404 Mr* Frankland's Marriage.

    404 MR * _frankland ' s marriage .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1860, page 404, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081860/page/44/