The n.o.bleman lolled back in his chair, a dark look on his face. Here were fine hopes gone a-glimmering!
"_Pardie!_ the creditors will have to wait awhile," he thought. "And I--I have been a dunce, dancing attendance all these days! I had hoped to marry wealth and beauty. What did I come over here for? The demned country"s barren of everything!"
"Isn"t it delightful they should meet after such a long time?" rattled on Susan, gaily. "So romantic! And then they were exactly suited for each other. Dear me,"--enthusiastically--"I have taken such an interest in them, I almost feel as if I had brought it all about."
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