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Chapter 8

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           "AndiftheDixonsshouldabsolutelydenyallknowledgeofitwemustconcludeittocomefromtheCampbells."

           "No,IamsureitisnotfromtheCampbells.MissFairfaxknowsitisnotfromtheCampbells,ortheywouldhavebeenguessedatfirst.Shewouldnothavebeenpuzzled,hadshedaredfixonthem.Imaynothaveconvincedyouperhaps,butIamperfectlyconvincedmyselfthatMr.Dixonisaprincipalinthebusiness."

           "Indeedyouinjuremeifyousupposemeunconvinced.Yourreasoningscarrymyjudgmentalongwiththementirely.Atfirst,whileIsupposedyousatisfiedthatColonelCampbellwasthegiver,Isawitonlyaspaternalkindness,andthoughtitthemostnaturalthingintheworld.ButwhenyoumentionedMrs.Dixon,Ifelthowmuchmoreprobablethatitshouldbethetributeofwarmfemalefriendship.AndnowIcanseeitinnootherlightthanasanofferingoflove."

           Therewasnooccasiontopressthematterfarther.Theconvictionseemedreal;helookedasifhefeltit.Shesaidnomore,othersubjectstooktheirturn;andtherestofthedinnerpassedaway;thedessertsucceeded,thechildrencamein,andweretalkedtoandadmiredamidtheusualrateofconversation;afewcleverthingssaid,afewdownrightsilly,butbymuchthelargerproportionneithertheonenortheothernothingworsethaneverydayremarks,dullrepetitions,oldnews,andheavyjokes.

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