A Fair Fraud — page 154: what you’re looking at

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A Fair Fraud 143 suppose? She told me she would. Has Mrs Lane said anything to my mother about leaving ?’ ‘Not a word as far as I know—and | think I should have heard.’ He gave a sigh of relief. ‘At least that is a comfort. I don’t want to press her or worry her—it would be unmanly to do so—but © I feel that I mus# see her alone once more. Do you think you can help me to-morrow, Marion? There is this confounded shoot; but I think I can feign a cold or a chill, or something, and let my father and Naylor go without me. There are two chaps coming over from Churston, too, that my father has asked to shoot, so there will be lots of guns without me—and I! think I can get out of going in the morning at least. I would join them later on, after lunch.’ ‘Take my advice, Cousin Kenneth,’ said Marion, with sudden conviction. ‘Allow Miss Lane to go away; do n: thing to stop her going; do not speak to her again—not now. Wait a few weeks, and then go and see her again—things may have changed by then— the situation may be altered.’ ‘It’s easy to see you have never been in love, my dear child!’ broke in Kenneth, impatiently. ‘Whit stupid advice! To wait weeks! How can [ wait? I shold die of it. GOMMGIOO <S (GO) uu