The Dugdale Millions — page 173: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XVII. A BOX AND ITS CONTENTS, Lorp MERRimouNT left “The Larches” the fol- lowing morning on his trip to Canada, by the way of Niagara. He had vainly endeavored to persuade Dick, for whom it was quite apparent he had formed a liking, to accompany him. But Dick had repre- sented that just at that juncture of affairs Mr. Het- low would have need of his services, and so the young Englishman went away alone. He was greatly missed from the Hetlow household. Simple in his manners, unostentatious in his bear- ing, presuming not at all upon his rank, indeed en- deavoring to put aside his title as much as possible, and entering with spirit into the life about him, he had made himself a favorite with all. It was not un- til after he was gone, that it was realized how easily he had slipped into their home life. It is true Bessie had never forgotten that there existed in him a possi- ble suitor for her hand. In any event, under all the circumstances, she would have maintained a some- what distant relation to him, for she had firmly re- solved that if he should ever come to her as a suitor, she would deny him. But she was further influenced by what she considered to be unpardonable and cold- hearted calculation, in that he should coolly and calmly wait to know whether or not she was the Dugdale heiress before he ventured on the step. She had therefore never permitted herself to drift into any- thing like intimacy with the young nobleman, but had borne herself with a reserve toward him not natural to her. It was true that she had not been able to 163 Comicboolkkxs C@ 3