Should She Have Left Him? — page 27: what you’re looking at

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' WIFED, NOT WEDDED. 21 ‘You are treading nearer to impertinence than I thought was possible, M.igrane.” ‘“T know it,” answered the lawyer calmly, for since he had made the plunge he so dreaded he was in | possession of himself, and the lawyer again, rather than the friend. “I ask the question as your coun- sel and legal adviser. Answer, please.” Magrane’s manner disposed of Trescotte’s anger summarily : “Yes,” he replied; “and at the very beginning of our engagement.’ | “Good!” cried Magrarie; “ that is far better than Pexpected, “T don't know what you are getting at,” said Trescotte, quite astonished at the lawyer’s evident satisfaction, “ but when I went to her father for his consent to our engagement, I did not receive it until I had told him the story in all its details. His approval was given after he knew everything I had to tell.” “Still better,” broke in Magrane, rubbing his hands delightedly; ‘it is in very good shape for you on that side.” Trescotte was yet more perplexed by the lawyer’s manner, but he finished by saying: “Returning to Miss Courtenay to inform her of the result of my interview with her father, I told her the story without reservation.” “Very, very good!” exclaimed Magrane; “ your conduct was manly and upright. Now tell me the story of the other affair, in all its detail, omitting no Comicloo® KS C@© 3