. The new Magdalen : a novel . nto the bas-ket. The various specimens of wool In Itwere partly In balls and partly In loose skeins were mixed and tangled. Hereis sad confusion ! she exclaimed timidly,with a faint smile. How am I to set itright again ? * Let me help you, said Julian. You! Why not ? he asked, with a momentaryreturn of the quaint humour which she re-membered so well. You forget that I ama curate. Curates are privileged to makethemselves useful to young ladies. Let metry. He took a stool at her feet, and set him-self to unravel one of the tangled skeins. Ina minute the
. The new Magdalen : a novel . nto the bas-ket. The various specimens of wool In Itwere partly In balls and partly In loose skeins were mixed and tangled. Hereis sad confusion ! she exclaimed timidly,with a faint smile. How am I to set itright again ? * Let me help you, said Julian. You! Why not ? he asked, with a momentaryreturn of the quaint humour which she re-membered so well. You forget that I ama curate. Curates are privileged to makethemselves useful to young ladies. Let metry. He took a stool at her feet, and set him-self to unravel one of the tangled skeins. Ina minute the wool was stretched on his hands,and the loose end was ready for Mercy to They Meet Again. 279 wind. There was something in the trivialaction, and in the homely attention that itimplied, which in some degree quieted herfear of him. She began to roll the wool offhis hands into a ball. Thus occupied, shesaid the daring words which were to leadhim little by little into betraying his suspi-cions, if he did indeed suspect the
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