A Struggle for a Ring — page 302: what you’re looking at

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298 A YOUNG LADY’S HINT. fixed way of looking. What is it you see? what are you thinking of?” It was well that Lady Waldrove did not know the ter- rible passion of grief, the rage of jealous despair in that young heart; it was well that she could not read the pas- sion that thrilled every nerve; but Ailie recovered herself. The words of the vow they had made were always before her; she would rather die than betray the secret of her marriage. So she looked into the face of her husband's mother while she answered, slowly :” ‘“There is always a fate in these things. Lord Carsdale will find his at the right time.” Then, as soon as she possibly could, she quitted the room, and the countess forgot all about the conversation. CHAPTER XLIV. A YOUNG LADY'S HINT, Lady Ethel Pierpont was curious; she could not under- stand Lord Carsdale. That any man should resist her charms—should not learn to love her, when she almost sought his love, was incredible to her. She had not mar- _ ried for his sake, and because she loved him so well; she had refused some of the most brilliant matches in Eng- land because she cared for him, and him only. She had always believed that when he came home again, when he met her again, he would ask her to be his wife; she had not doubted it; but although she was here, and he seemed to like her better than ever, to admire her more than ever, he made no mention of love or marriage. Apart from her (E(0) €omicbooks.