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arms round her. ^ I know exactly what you are 

 going to say. Mr. Miller has proposed to you, 

 and you have said yes.' 



^ Yes, mother dear, that is true, and I am so 

 happy. Fancy, if you hadn't brought me home, 

 I might never have seen him again, and I 

 believe I should have died, for I do love him 

 so.' 



' My darling, do you think that I was so 

 blind as not to see it all the time ? That, and 

 that alone, was my reason for bringing you 

 home.' 



After a capital dinner at the Star and 

 Garter, the carriages came round, and in addi- 

 tion a hansom appeared on the scene. The 

 result of ten seconds' confab between Eeginald 

 Miller and his intended mother-in-law was 

 that he handed Lina Lancelot into the hansom, 

 and jumped in himself. 



* Which way will you go, sir ? ' said the 

 cabman. 



' Anyway you like,' said he, and the author 

 really believes that Reginald would have liked 



