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young for some time, I should imagine," he 

 answered, looking at me with an expression of 

 surprise on his face. 



"And have you been paving the way — been 

 saying to her the things " 



*' That you asked me to say as we drove 

 home yesterday ? " he interrupted. " Of course 

 I have. I told her just what I thought you 

 wanted me to, and she seemed very pleased 

 about it." 



"Did she? — But surely," I urged, "it was 

 by the name of Lucy that I heard you and the 

 squire — I cannot have made a mistake ! — I am 

 certain, I could swear that you all " 



At this moment the two ladies emerged at 

 the end of the greenhouse and came towards us, 

 my Lucy looking sweet and charming beyond 

 measure in laei piqua7ite morning dress. 



"I'm much afraid that we have made another 

 mistake, somewhere or other," Forester said 

 just before they came into earshot. " I imagined 

 that you meant Miss Lucy Welwyn, of course, 

 for there is certainly no other Lucy here that I 

 know of — except that one, by the way," and he 

 pointed to my enchantress, " and she, I infinitely 

 rejoice to say, has been my wife for the last six 

 months." 



Letters requiring my immediate return home 



