The Dugdale Millions — page 274: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XXVII. IN IMMINENT PERIL. WHILE Bessie and Dick were thus engaged, as de- scribed in the previous chapter, Lord Merrimount had been telling Wallis of his excursion into Canada, and had been saying that, notwithstanding he had met a number of friends from the other side, he had found Canada very dull; that he was very glad to return and he was astonished to find how attached he had become to- The Larehes. and the pecnleaboutit,=* And concluded by saying that the desire to see them all again had been the chief reason for cutting his trip so short. ‘‘And I think,’”’ he said, looking down upon Wallis with an expression in his eyes she had never before noticed, ‘‘and I think the chief desire was really to see again a single person.’’ Wallis looked at him quickly and sharply, and, with a little trace of sarcasm in her tone, replied: ‘‘Indeed, the single person so favored ought to be flattered.”’ | ~ 1 den t want.her to feel flattered.” returned Yier- Trimount, “lf she will aceept the statement in wae sense I intend it, I will be only too well pleased.’’ Oh. il Jo a she then, ° aligwered Vallis. .8 eae don’t give me your confidence on the matter. I have been standing the guardian angel over one love affair for the past few weeks, and I don’t want another on my hands.’’ Merrimount, looking upon her as a smile played about his lips and an increase of tenderness came into tis tone, remarked: : 264 Comicbooks.€© 3