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"INFORMATION RECEIVED." 215look in the least like yvhat he had intended, andifany one had asked him for an account of theirinterview (yvhich no one did,it was destined to beutterly- forgotten and overyvhelmed in the tide ofe\-ents), he would have been quite incapable ofsatisfying the demand.<strong>The</strong> interview lasted long, and yvhen, at itsclose, George Dallas put Clare Carruthers intoher cousin's carriage, her face was closely veiled,and the little hand which lingered in his had notyet done trembling. As he stood on the doorstepand yvatched the carriage out of sight, theyoungman's face yvas pale and agitated,but fullof deep and sacred happiness too. An expressionof resolve and hope, of courage and power, yvasupon his features, such as they had never beforeworn. Had he recalled the resolution he hadtaken for the time when Clare Carruthers shouldknow Paul Ward as George Dallas, and had herenewed it, yvith fresh heart and energy, not unaidednow by circumstances, not frowned uponby fate, no longer friendless ? However that mayhave been, he carried a humbled and gratefulheart with him, ancl felt himself a widely different

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