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MISS LA YTON MANAGES MATTERS 155<br />

Mr. Eushington sat down and took up<br />

the Photogi^aphiG Record, his favourite<br />

solace <strong>of</strong> an evening, after his visit to the<br />

reading-room, and his perusal t<strong>her</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the<br />

evening papers. Mrs. Rushington sat and<br />

fanned <strong>her</strong>self, and used <strong>her</strong> smelling bottle,<br />

thinking what a good thing it was that she<br />

had rejected Audley Dale's proposals for<br />

Milly, and not even informed <strong>her</strong> that he<br />

had made them. "I shall keep Beat^jy<br />

and <strong>her</strong> in to-morrow, and I hope they w^ill<br />

hear nothing <strong>of</strong> this till a little <strong>of</strong> the stir<br />

and excitement has subsided. It's not at<br />

all a story for young girls to be ac-<br />

quainted with."<br />

Meanwhile the two girls up-stairs, who<br />

had heard quite enough to make them re-<br />

solved to hear more, were talking matters<br />

over to themselves.<br />

'' I do n't believe it !" said Milly. " Nay,<br />

it seems an absurdity to have to say so,<br />

Audley Dale lift his hand against a woman I

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