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A COOL RECEPTION. 81<br />

" That is quite out <strong>of</strong> tlie question,"<br />

said Mrs. Rushington, freezingly.<br />

" It is a<br />

matter which no lady can discuss with a<br />

gentleman."<br />

" That is to say, that being a lady, you<br />

are privileged to stab me to the heart, and<br />

decline to give your reasons for so doing.<br />

Would you let me see Miss Lisdale ?<br />

Surely if she knows <strong>of</strong> this —<br />

'' But she does not know, Mr. Dale^"<br />

said Mrs. Rushington, looking as if he had<br />

outraged every maternal feeling. '' Do<br />

you think it possible that I should allow<br />

such a matter to reach <strong>her</strong> ears ? or that it<br />

is fit that any girl, brought up with the<br />

slightest regard to propriety, should know<br />

this story ? I should be shocked if Milli-<br />

cent had the slightest idea <strong>of</strong> it. It is on<br />

that account that I shall not even acquaint<br />

<strong>her</strong> with your proposals. She would, <strong>of</strong><br />

course, be guided by my ideas as to the<br />

propriety <strong>of</strong> declining them, but still she<br />

VOL. III. 6<br />

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