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           ButCoraMunroisamaidentoodiscreet,andofamindtooelevatedandimproved,toneedtheguardianshipevenofafather."

           "Cora!"

           "Ay—Cora!wearetalkingofyourpretensionstoMissMunro,arewenot,sir?"

           "I—I—Iwasnotconsciousofhavingmentionedhername,"saidDuncan,stammering.

           "Andtomarrywhom,then,didyouwishmyconsent,MajorHeyward?"demandedtheoldsoldier,erectinghimselfinthedignityofoffendedfeeling.

           "Youhaveanother,andnotlesslovelychild."

           "Alice!"exclaimedthefather,inanastonishmentequaltothatwithwhichDuncanhadjustrepeatedthenameofhersister.

           "Suchwasthedirectionofmywishes,sir."

           Theyoungmanawaitedinsilencetheresultoftheextraordinaryeffectproducedbyacommunicationwhich,asitnowappeared,wassounexpected.ForseveralminutesMunropacedthechamberwithlongandrapidstrides,hisrigidfeaturesworkingconvulsively,andeveryfacultyseeminglyabsorbedinthemusingsofhisownmind.Atlength,hepauseddirectlyinfrontofHeyward,andrivetinghiseyesuponthoseoftheother,hesaid,withalipthatquiveredviolently—

           "DuncanHeyward,Ihavelovedyouforthesakeofhimwhosebloodisinyourveins;Ihavelovedyouforyourowngoodqualities;andIhavelovedyou,becauseIthoughtyouwouldcontributetothehappinessofmychild.Butallthislovewouldturntohatred,wereIassuredthatwhatIsomuchapprehendistrue."