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Which Contains Births, Marriages, and Deaths

           ThatyoungscapegraceGeorgehadfledtoo,andasthegentlemanintheoldcloaklinedwithredstuffsteppedontotheshore,therewasscarcelyanyonepresenttoseewhattookplace,whichwasbrieflythis:

           Aladyinadrippingwhitebonnetandshawl,withhertwolittlehandsoutbeforeher,wentuptohim,andinthenextminuteshehadaltogetherdisappearedunderthefoldsoftheoldcloak,andwaskissingoneofhishandswithallhermight;whilsttheother,Isuppose,wasengagedinholdinghertohisheart(whichherheadjustaboutreached)andinpreventingherfromtumblingdown.ShewasmurmuringsomethingaboutforgivedearWilliamdear,dear,dearestfriendkiss,kiss,kiss,andsoforthandinfactwentonunderthecloakinanabsurdmanner.

           WhenEmmyemergedfromit,shestillkepttightholdofoneofWilliam’shands,andlookedupinhisface.Itwasfullofsadnessandtenderloveandpity.Sheunderstooditsreproachandhungdownherhead.

           "Itwastimeyousentforme,dearAmelia,"hesaid.

           "Youwillnevergoagain,William?"

           "No,never,"heanswered,andpressedthedearlittlesouloncemoretohisheart.

           Astheyissuedoutofthecustom-houseprecincts,Georgybrokeoutonthem,withhistelescopeuptohiseye,andaloudlaughofwelcome;hedancedroundthecoupleandperformedmanyfacetiousanticsasheledthemuptothehouse.

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