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Mischief

           IhaveexposedonewhomIholdinmyheart,totrialsandaspersionsIcallthemaspersions,eventohavebeenconceivedinanybody’sinmostmindofwhichshenever,butforme,couldhavebeentheobject.’

           UriahHeepgaveakindofsnivel.Ithinktoexpresssympathy.

           ‘OfwhichmyAnnie,’saidtheDoctor,‘never,butforme,couldhavebeentheobject.Gentlemen,Iamoldnow,asyouknow;Idonotfeel,tonight,thatIhavemuchtolivefor.ButmylifemyLifeuponthetruthandhonourofthedearladywhohasbeenthesubjectofthisconversation!’

           Idonotthinkthatthebestembodimentofchivalry,therealizationofthehandsomestandmostromanticfigureeverimaginedbypainter,couldhavesaidthis,withamoreimpressiveandaffectingdignitythantheplainoldDoctordid.

           ‘ButIamnotprepared,’hewenton,‘todenyperhapsImayhavebeen,withoutknowingit,insomedegreepreparedtoadmitthatImayhaveunwittinglyensnaredthatladyintoanunhappymarriage.Iamamanquiteunaccustomedtoobserve;andIcannotbutbelievethattheobservationofseveralpeople,ofdifferentagesandpositions,alltooplainlytendinginonedirection(andthatsonatural),isbetterthanmine.

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