The Man in Possession — page 109: what you’re looking at

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104 THE MAN IN POSSESSION, ever sending my suitors away because they didn't please me, and then the day came when there were no more.” “Surely you do yourself an injustice, my fair aunt,” murmured Tom, gently. Kate looked at the brown “‘ front,” the green silk dress, the profusion of lace flounces and trimmings which made up the costume of this amiable spinster, and smiled involuntarily. “Well, I’ll not be saying I mightn’t havea chance still,” answered Miss Judy, tossing her head and glancing complacently at her beautifully shaped hands. ‘‘But all the same, Tom, I don't want to wrong you by leaving my property to any one else. lve always told you that, and with all your teasing ways you’ve not been a bad nephew—that I will Say.”’ ‘‘My dear aunt, all this cannot be very interesting to Miss O’Brien,” remonstrated Tom. ‘‘Even with her inherited tolerance of Irish peculiarities, I doubt if she thinks that knowing a person, and knowing also all that person’s private history, are one and the same thing.” ‘‘Oh, Miss O'Brien and I understand each other, Tom,” answered his aunt. ‘‘We had a long talk together while you gentlemen were over your wine in the dining-room.” | ‘Then of course she knows all about the brew- ery, said her nephew. ‘‘ Next time you pay a visit to Ireland, Miss O’Brien, you must go to Riversford and view this monument to the wealth and fame of ‘Rivers Entire." With your views on the universal COMicloe <Sr ‘