Agnes, or, Beauty and Pleasure — page 41: what you’re looking at

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X CANE \\ ~ a CY Wiis Sy JU necessaryte open my heart to them, until I had previously acquired the certainty that my suit would not be unacceptable to its adored object. Secondly, my father has his pride, and his preju- dices: these cannot be overcome in a moment— it will be the work of a iittle time—and caution on my part is all the more necessary inasmuch as during my father’s lifetime I am totally dependent on his purse for my income.” “You speak candidly, Mr, MHardress,” said Agnes, in a tone of approval; “and your con- duct is honourable and straightforward. But still that pride and those prejudices to which you have alluded Mg “ Ah, Miss Evelyn!” exclaimed Hector, “ where is the love that is happy enough to have no ob- stacles to encounter ? Can its sincerity be believed in if it exists not in spite of themP—and is not its yery strength to be proven by its success in ‘4urmounting them? TI had flattered myself’”—— No. 5.— AGNES, a an r Naay/ yy \\ 7 \\\- - ore \ \ as = MA ‘ WARY Ze ~ i \\\ \ \ \ aS | y ae \ \\ \\ , . \ 4 “)} Oe. y st Se Qa Oh Wd KS wares \W\\ yi \ a a \ \\\ ( S = \\ VSM , hs ‘ i » Vy \ s\\ > , we SS \ 4 ay ( \ \\\ u ry. AN \ \\aud he Jy/ \ SAY \ een!) ni \ NX \\ 4 Y/ — = ae ~ and here it struck Agnes that his voice assumed a certain tenderness which ought perhaps more pro- perly to have been reserved for the moment when he should addrers himself to Floribel—“ I had flattered myself tnat if this love of mine were re- ciprocated, there need be but little delay in the consummation of my happiness. I allude to a private marriage 4 “No—never!” exclaimed Agnes emphatically. “T am convinced that Floribel Ms “Pray listen to me, Miss Evelyn !” interrupted Hector emphatically. “ Your cousin Miss Lister might object: but there are a thousand arguments in favour of that course. Iam of age—the mar- riage would be a legal one—and I have no right to sacrifice my happineas to the pride or preju- dicea of parents. Again, during the time that the concealment of such an union might be necessary until I should have prepared Lord and Lady Men- dlesham for the intelligence, my means are amply Ks E@ NOO 33 co