Penny Dreadfuls, 1899 · page 60 of 290
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A Fair Fraud 49 nature ; of a heart which she vainly endeavoured to smother under a callous manner, and of womanly instincts that seemed to be perverted out of their natural inclinations by a mingling of worldliness and insincerity. In other circumstances, and with another mother, Marion felt certain that Hester Lane would have been a very different woman. ‘And if she is to marry Kenneth, I am bound to love her,’ she said to herself. ‘How could 1 live, and not love Kenneth’s wife! Oh, if I could only be quite sure that she is good enough for him|’ GOMMGIOO Sp! C(O)