The Craze of Christina — page 207: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. 203 Ella shrugged her shoulders dubiously and . rather contemptuously. “‘Go your own way of course, Chris! it’s not my affair. But I think you are making a mis- take. No man in his senses will give up a fine property for the sake of any woman’s love; it’s not in nature to do suchathing! Tell him who you are and you may get him to marry you; remain ‘Miss Pratt’ and ten chances to one he never will!”’ *‘l’ll take the one chance against the ten then, my dear! Leave it to me. Only don’t ever forget, until I tell you to do so, that your name is Ella Pratt; it’s the one and only thing I ask you to remember.’’ ‘All right, Chris dear, of course I shall do as you tell me. Now I think I will go out a little. I am going up to the cemetery; will you come?”’ ‘No, I will join you there presently, dear.”’ Ella went away, and almost immediately Clifford entered the room with some letters in his hands; he looked excited, and cast a glance round the room. ‘You are alone, Chris?”’ ‘‘As you see. Ella has just left me. What is it, Mark? Have you heard from your friend Mr. Scrubb, and does he call you a fool?”’ ‘He calls me by every name of opprobrium Gomichooksnco