The Man in Possession — page 117: what you’re looking at

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I1I2 THE MAN IN POSSESSION. CHAPTER XII. ‘CwHy CANT I SAY—YES?” ‘“Wuat a difference!” said Kate, with a little sigh of content. | She was sitting before the fire in her own room, gazing thoughtfully into the flames, and mentally contrasting the ease and ‘luxury of her present sur- roundings with those of the past week. ‘‘ No cred- itors worrying, no piecing and patching of ‘ ways and means,’ no bills, no duns, no—men in posses- sion!” She coloured softly as she murmured those last words. ‘‘He was an extraordinary young man,” she said to herself, ‘‘and the likeness between Mr. Rivers and himself is wonderful. On the whole I think he was better looking ... if less amusing. Tom Rivers is such a cool and self-possessed young man, clever too, I should say. Ido like a man with an object in life, and who is determined to work for and achieve it. I remember”—and a little smile hovered over the pretty lips—‘‘I remember a girl once telling me that her ideal man was one who had ‘passed examinations.’ I wonder if my ideal man is one who can work, and means to do it.” She leant back in the low cushioned chair, crossing her hands behind her head, while the unbound hair COMicloe <Sr ‘