Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 228: what you’re looking at

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220 THE MYSTERIOUS TENANT. | “Oh, Bob——”’ ‘(Never mind. All I want to say is, trust me above every one in the world. You belong to me; your in- terests are mine, and I desire with all my heart that you succeed.’ “Oh, Bob, I——”’ “No, no, not a word now. Let me help you on with your wraps, and we will soon know what draws Rudolph Gordon to one ays he hated up to the time of his supposed death.’ ‘What if it should be, Bob. I am all of a tremble. I never felt soin all my life. I have dreamed of some such thing, but never dared think of it in my waking hours,’’ : ‘“‘Say no more, my dear wife, sil we learn the truth. I would advise you not to expect too much, for there might be a grievous disappointment before you.”’ ‘Bob, your advice is sound. I will try to moderate my expectations, and let them go back to what they were before—a desire to simply save my grandfather from the plots and schemes of his unnatural son, Colonel Cornelius.’’ They are now ready to leave the hotel. Gypsy seems quite self-possessed, as though she _ has mastered her weakness, and Bob feels doubly proud to know he has a wife who can thus control emotions that as a general thing get the better of womenkind. Joe returns. “Carriage in waiting—fine covered vehicle. Just hold us all—that is, if you wish us to go along.”’ Gomichooksscom