Her Faithful Knight — page 326: what you’re looking at

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322 Darcy Finds His Wife. at than you,” Darcy exclaimed, with what sounded like genuine enthusiasm, gently lifting her ungloved hand to his lips and kissing it fervently. “Has this friend eyes like yours? Soft, brown hair like yours? And a com- plexion like yours? Tell me that!” “She certainly hasn’t very much color, and she dyes her hair,” Rosa admitted, “but she has the most lovely hazel-gray eyes you ever saw, and my cousin Aylmer never looks at me when she is about. Not that I care about that!” “T should think not! But how generously you speak of this lady’s beauty! Very few girls are so nice about each other. I suppose she is an old school-fellow of yours?” | “Oh, dear, no. She is Aylmer’s friend, and until he brought her to the house, a week ago yesterday, mamma and I had never seen her.” “Tt must be nice for you to have some one to go about with?” “T thought it would be. But she hasn’t once been out- side of the house and garden since she came. Isn’t it too bad ?” “Shameful! If I only had the chance I would spend every moment of my life near you! Here is the church, and this delightful walk has come to an end. Give me one of those buds you have there, just as a souvenir. When you come out you will find me waiting to see you home. ‘To-morrow you will see me in church, and on the following day I will call at your house and tell your mother very plainly that I have fallen in love with you and mean to marry you. Won't you givemeakiss? No one will see.” | : But Rosa, affecting to be scandalized, ran past him to the church. A very little talk with the curate and the COMmicoooks (C@)