Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 149: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XVII. HAZEL MAKES HER DEBUT AMONG FASHIONABLE j PEOPLE. N THE day following the bril- liant lawn party at Osterly, the duchess and her household went to Brighton, and Helena iS returned to her mother; but, as ? before mentioned, the grounds of the two places adjoined, and thus the families saw almost as much of each other as here- tofore. Lord Nelson Hartwell ad- mired Helena exceedingly; he thought her the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, and when in her presence she charmed him, as she did every one else. Still, there were times, when he was alone, when he told himself that he feared she would not meet all the wants of his nature as a life-long companion, and he hesitated about speaking words which would bind him to her, even though he knew that it was the united wish of his grandmother, the duchess, and Mrs. Stewart, that they should marry. “You willnever find a more beautiful or rhea plished woman, go the world over,’ her g said to him many times, “I am potting Bie SA HBR,