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           "HecameonedayasthecoachmanwaslungingGeorgyroundthelawnonthegraypony."Helookedatmeverymuch.Heshookverymuch.Isaid‘MynameisNorval’afterdinner.Myauntbegantocry.Sheisalwayscrying."SuchwasGeorge’sreportonthatnight.

           ThenAmeliaknewthattheboyhadseenhisgrandfather;andlookedoutfeverishlyforaproposalwhichshewassurewouldfollow,andwhichcame,infact,inafewdaysafterwards.Mr.Osborneformallyofferedtotaketheboyandmakehimheirtothefortunewhichhehadintendedthathisfathershouldinherit.HewouldmakeMrs.GeorgeOsborneanallowance,suchastoassureheradecentcompetency.IfMrs.GeorgeOsborneproposedtomarryagain,asMr.O.heardwasherintention,hewouldnotwithdrawthatallowance.ButitmustbeunderstoodthatthechildwouldliveentirelywithhisgrandfatherinRussellSquare,oratwhateverotherplaceMr.O.shouldselect,andthathewouldbeoccasionallypermittedtoseeMrs.GeorgeOsborneatherownresidence.Thismessagewasbroughtorreadtoherinaletteroneday,whenhermotherwasfromhomeandherfatherabsentasusualintheCity.

           Shewasneverseenangrybuttwiceorthriceinherlife,anditwasinoneofthesemoodsthatMr.Osborne’sattorneyhadthefortunetobeholdher.Sheroseuptremblingandflushingverymuchassoonas,afterreadingtheletter,Mr.Poehandedittoher,andshetorethepaperintoahundredfragments,whichshetrodon.

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