Harper's new monthly magazine . which hehad specially enjoined. Nothing could be moreproper than her allusion to the Staveleys; andaltogether the letter was just what it ought tobe. Nevertheless it made him unhappy andirritated him. Was it well that he shouldmarry a girl whose father was indeed very especially about his shoes? Staveley hadtold him that connection would be necessary forhim, and what sort of a connection would thisbe? And was there one word in the wholeletter that showed a spark of true love? Didnot the footfall of Madeline Staveleys step asshe passed along the passage g
Harper's new monthly magazine . which hehad specially enjoined. Nothing could be moreproper than her allusion to the Staveleys; andaltogether the letter was just what it ought tobe. Nevertheless it made him unhappy andirritated him. Was it well that he shouldmarry a girl whose father was indeed very especially about his shoes? Staveley hadtold him that connection would be necessary forhim, and what sort of a connection would thisbe? And was there one word in the wholeletter that showed a spark of true love? Didnot the footfall of Madeline Staveleys step asshe passed along the passage go nearer to hisheart than all the outspoken assurance of Man-Snows letter ? Nevertheless he had undertaken to do thisthing, and he would do it—let the footfall ofMadeline Staveleys step be ever so sweet in hisear. And then, lying back in his bed, he be-gan to think whether it would have been as wellthat he should have broken his neck instead ofhis ribs in getting out of Monkton Grange covert. 204 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY FELIX WHITES. Mrs. Thomas was a lady who kept a schoolconsisting of three little girls and Mary had in fact not been altogether successfulin the line of life she had chosen for herself, andhad hardly been able to keep her modest door-plate on her door, till Graham, in search of somehome for his bride, then in the first novitiate of her moulding, had come across her. Her meanswere now far from plentiful; but as an averagenumber of three children still clung to her, andas Mary Snows seventy pounds per annum—toinclude clothes—were punctually paid, the smallhouse at Peckham was maintained. Under thesecircumstances Mary Snow was somebody in the ORLEY FARM. 205 eyes of Mrs. Thomas, and Felix Graham was avery great person indeed. Graham had received his letter on a Wednes-day, and on the following Monday Mary, asusual, received one from him. These lettersalways came to her in the evening, as she wassitting over her tea with Mrs. Thomas, the threec
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