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a : A HEART'S BITTERNESS to marry. She seemed. to have an aversion to the idea of marriage.” _ £* Well, poor dear, who wouldn’t in her case?” cried Grace. ‘* With two millions of pounds in her own right, 25) oo what is a girl to look for? The instant she appears in pub- lic every eye is on her. How can she ever expect to be x loved, followed, admired, courted, without reference to her immense fortune? Violet had come to have a mania about ee at.”” _ The perils of a great heiress are as terrible as those of a great beauty,” said Lady Burton. ‘‘ Violet had her mil- lions impressed on her from the time she could hear any- thing—they had been ne chorus of her life—and Lord . Leigh is surely the—a—— _ ° “Happy man? Yes—at least Violet so asserts him in _ the note. You look doubtful, Lady Burton.” ie ““T thought he was paying attention to Lady Clare Mon- ___tressor herself, three years ago.” ‘‘'That was before his father died—he has not since.” ‘‘But this is all very sudden. Lord Leigh was paying her no more attention than others were two months ago. _ Indeed Violet shrank from attention.” _ **T know it. She seemed never able to receive it in oe _ pleased frankness as an honest tribute; there were always _ the millions, you know. And then, you know, Violet is as Shy as a five-year-old child, and has been brought up in se- clusion, like a nun—the Ainslies seemed always afraid some one would run off with the millions.” ____ ** The mother’s fate pursues the child,” sighed Lady Bur- | ton. ‘< Dear Lady Burton, what are you saying? See, here is this letter you were reading fallen to the floor.” “‘ My dear Grace, it is a singular coincidence; this old letter was written to me by Violet’s mother just before her marriage. Iwas her bride-maid. I loved her well.” (€(0) cComicbooks