The Illegal Marriage — page 55: what you’re looking at

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THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE. 47 “Let me come to you soon, darling?” he said, hold- ing her hand. “Oh, very soon. I will tell my father at once, so you can come to me at home. How happy I shall be in the dear old castle with you there?” The good-by was finally uttered, and with a re- luctant step Alfred Guerry went away from the one woman in the world who had the power to soften his heart. Cecy went to her chamber, but not to sleep. For more than an hour she sat by the open window, dreaming of what might have been had the world gone fair with her, and of what must be now. “And Ido love him,” she said to herself, “I’m sure that Ido. Heaven grant that he may not be long away from me.” Fond girl! -she little dreamed of the days of sorrow that were to come from the very love that she was now trying to cherish in her heart. GComicbooks Pay oes “rg (Ele)