The Face of Rosenfeld — page 190: what you’re looking at

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THE FACE OF ROSENFEL, 183 -**T am sure,” she said, in an audible voice to her brother, while Mrs. Forsythe was saying something to Annette, ‘‘the doctor is not well to-night.” ‘“ Not well,” echoed Maxey. “No; don’t you notice how constrained and different from his ordinary self he is? He is usually so chatty and agreeable! Some shadow seems-to have come in with him. What can it be? Is he not happy?” ‘¢ Hush!” whispered the startled Maxey, perfectly un- conscious of his sister’s duplicity. ‘*‘She will hear you!” ‘She. Who? I don’t understand you.” Miss Maxey. addressed herself immediately to Annette. “« Don’t you notice that the doctor is not himself to- night, dear?” | ‘¢Oh, indeed, is he not?” cried the widow Forsythe, turning with an admirable appearance of solicitude to- ward her affianced. ‘‘ Do you hear what they are say- ing, Eustace?” “No. What?” ‘That you are not at all like yourself to-night. I hope you are not going to be ill, too, because of my bad example?” ‘«T was not aware,” returned Lamar, coldly, “‘that I exhibited any symptoms of the sort.” The tone of the reply was so rough and discourteous, that the color came into Mrs. Forsythe’s cheeks. She bit her lip and her eyes moistened. © ‘She loves him,” thought watchful Ellen, with a jealous glow at the heart. ‘‘She loves him. There is no doubt of that.” | : Lamar seemed to have instantly repented his own harshness, for he at once went on with an assumption of careless gayey ; “com CoS S tA ss i =o Po oe PE tek > > — yoet, “a nh - - C* a 7 ) re a’ ae Ae & “” - ¥ 4 2 we >} ‘Wing Bh Y wea a) Se & ST ae ° ee ae oe POS Ey eee ee NS we ck i if 4: a : Fea: “a 4 : rH : , Pe ye Ne z "7 * . , i ; 4 A ae af 4 “sf T 4 . 4 a3 * - ‘ —s iY m) Ol 2 ‘ oa y aly AD “ss Bi > in! * + ke Ae ; > eal fe a) : th. “we 7 . ™ » ’ lee ae * a *,) ‘ | eee te * : - hs ¥ SoS “ be - = ; — 3 a “ aoe a) . = ; NS) RS at Serre SRE re > one 4 HS -——- ~~" - ee | 2 1 gee + ee ee See ae —yoae et aS eae a IE REI Pog Le be) 7 ABE Sk Os Peace oe 4 7 oh oy i \ ee , ~~ we - i : e oo ay a. t =. : : oy Reeds Fs iW. jabs yee rgd Gel. : 1 ee By So SUE RES LN oe : wre ad Oo — a ee eS LPs os 7 4 Fue Soe