The Mission of Poubalov — page 117: what you’re looking at

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A NEW DEPARTURE. 1138 “You underestimate yourself,’’ said Clara; ‘‘you see that I Lave confidence in you, else I would not ask you to undertake the investigation. Will you begin at once?’’ ee aiedly. You cannot imagine how much courage your ‘ood words give me. If I dared to cherish a hope of any kind, it would be that I should accomplish something that would justify your good opinion.”’ “You have already done so, and will do more, have no doubt of it! lam going downtown myself. Suppose you go to the address Billings gave me, make such inquiries there as seem advisable, and, if you see nothing to com- mand your immediate attention, come and tell me what you have found. I shall be at Mrs. White’s. If you come after 1 go, you will find some word from me as to where 0 go next.”’ _ She gave him Billings’ address, saw him to the door with a cheering smile, and then turned to Louise, who had been ready to start for several minutes. **He had what was to him a dismal story to téfl,’’ said Clara, ‘‘and I knew he would rather tell it to me alone.”’ _ “IT supposed so,’’ returned Louise, ‘‘and so I took pains not to interrupt you. I wish I could think a quarter as vi ell as you do, dear. I don’t feel as if I were the least sca ?? _ “Don’t be silly, Lou,’’ and Clara embraced her cousin affectionately ; ‘‘if I could think as well as you imagine I do, we should be out of the difficulty ina day. What do you suppose I should do without you?”’ _ Louise was profoundly convinced that Clara would do exactly as she had been doing all along, but she didn’t say , She would have sympathized acutely with Litizki’s self-abasement had she known how earnestly he had striven to be of use, and how utterly he had seemed to They went first to the Park Square Station, Clara, as 1 deeply absorbed in studying the strange problems h pat confronted her. Tle impression she had received (C@) 8 morning that Poubaloy might not have been arsacinty 4: