The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various
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"Oh, Ma'am! you do me honor!"
"If I have not consulted you about our affairs of late, it is because I have had troubles which I did not wish to burden you with." "We all have our troubles, Mrs. Kinloch." "They are very sad to bear,--but profitable, nevertheless. "But I'm sure you must be wonderfully supported in your trials; I never saw you looking better." And truly, her thin and mobile lips were of a strangely bright coral, and her usually wan cheeks wore a delicate flush, lending her a beauty, not youthful, to be sure, but yet fascinating. One might desire to see an eye less intense and restless, but he would rarely see a woman of forty so charming. "You notice my color," said Mrs. Kinloch, mournfully, and with a faint smile; "it's only the effect of a headache. I am far enough from well." "Indeed!" was the sympathetic reply. "I have met with a great loss, Mr. Clamp,--some papers of the greatest importance. I was going to consult you about them." "In which I got ahead of you," thought he. "Now, ever since the disappearance of Lucy, I have thought she had |
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