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nna mr. another husband
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lie vs. persistent. and hlH persist
sncs vas increased when he came 70
conceive his notion II take the sesf
again. Ills conscience would not per
NIT him 10 heaxe anchor until he had
bestowed her safely IN wedlnck. Lilo.
mel, too. was persistent, IN a piiei.
almost sslf.eTaeing eav that never
set a strain upon her patience. and
was therefore the more difficult 10
combat.
In the end she gave vay under
the pressure of these mems Wills. and
did 90 with the best grace she could
summon. resolved TO drive from her
heart and mind the one real obstacle
of which. for very shame. she had
made no mention 10 sir John. The
fact is that in spite Of all. her lexe
for sir Oliver was not dead. II vas
stricken down. It is true, until she
herself failed to recognize IT for what
II really was. But she caught her
self thinking Of him frequently and
wlstfully; she found herself compar-
Ing him with his brother; and for all
that she had bdden sir John find
her some other husband than Lionel,
she knew full we'll that any suitor
brought before her must be submit.
ted TO that same comparison to his
counted evil in herself. II was in
vain that she lashed her mind with
the reminder that Sir Oliver was Pc
ters murderer. As time went on she
found herself actually making ex-
cuse, for her sometime lover; she
would admit that Peter had driven
him TO the step. that for her sake Sir
Oliver had suffered insult upon insult
the cup OF his endurance had over
flowed In the end, and weary OF sub
hitting to the others blows he had
risen up in his anger and tsmitten
In his turn.
She would scorn herself for such
thoughts as these, yet she could not
dismiss them. In act she could be
etrong--as witness how she had dealt
With that letter which Oliver sent her
out OF EarbAry by the hand OF Pitt
bit her thoughts che could not gov
krn, And her thoughts were full often
traitors 10 her will. There we're long
inet IN her heart for Oliver which
shA could not stihe, and. there was
even the hope that he would one day
return, although she realized that
from such a return she might look
for nothing.
When Sir John finally slew the
hone OF that return he did wiser
thing than he conceived. Never since
divers disappearance had they heard
anv news OF him until Pitt came 10
Arwenack with that letter and his
story. They had heard. as had all
the world. OF the corsair sakh.el Bahr.
but they hal been far indeed from
L a IL
ian. Now that his identity was estab-
IIshed by pitts testimony. It was an
essv matter to induce the courts 70
account him dead and to give Lionel
tbs coveted inheritance.
This 70 Rosanund was 4 small mat
ter. But a great one was that Sir
Oliver was dead AZ law, and must
be 20 in fact, should he ever again
set foot in England. II extinguished
finally that euriously hopeless and
almost subconsoious hope Of hers
that one day he would return.
Her betrothal was made public, and
she proved II not an srdently loving.
Al least a docile and gentle mistress
10 Lionel. He was content. He could
ask no more in reason at the moment.
and he was buoyed up by every iov-
er's confidence that given opportu'
nifty and time he could find way
to awaken a response. And IL muFf
be confessed that already during their
betrothaI he gave some proof OF his
rea son for his confidence. She had
been lonely, and he dispelled her lone.
lineas by his complete surrender of
himself TO her. his restraint and bis
cautious, almost insidious creeping
along q path which a more clumsy
fellow would have taken nj dash
made compsnionship possible between
them and very sweet to her. Upon
this foundation her affection began
gradually 10 rise. and seeing them
together and such excellent friends
Sir John congratulated himself upon