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240 A Fair Fraud ‘There are,’ remarked Miss Blake, ‘such things in the world as paper, pens, ink, blotting paper—I think I see them all in that corner of the room.’ | ‘Oh, you dear, clever, little thing! You will take her a letter then ?’ He flew to the writing-table and proceeded to fill four sides of letter paper with close writing, whilst Marion stood leaning against the mantelpiece and waited. She really had to wait a long time, for the lover had a great deal to say, and the room was very cold, but she was patient, and, what is more, she was quite happy—for if Kenneth was now bent upon giving a free rein to his passion, Marion felt sure that Hester would yield to his entreaties in the long run, however much Mr and Mrs Drury might oppose the marriage. Presently she began to forget their affairs and to think about her own. Edgar Naylor would no longer have any excuse for trying to interfere in his friend’s love affairs now. Hester had come out triumphant; and, if Captain Drury did not mind marrying a girl whose father had been a convict, it was surely nobody’s business but his own! ‘But Edgar won't object,’ said Marion to herself, with a little self-conscious smile. ‘I sha’n’t allow him to object. He will just have to do as | tell him in future,’ ElOOO© oO G' Q)