Should She Have Left Him? — page 34: what you’re looking at

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WIFED, NOT WEDDED. aI “You are treading nearer to impertinence than I thought was possible, Miagrane.” “I know it,” answered the lawyer calmly, for since he had made the plunge he so dreaded he was in possession of himself, and the lawyer again, rather than the friend. “I ask the question as your coun- sel and legal adviser. Answer, please.’ Magrane’s manner disposed of Trescotte’s anger summarily : “Yes,” he replied; “and at the very beginning of our engagement.” “Good!” cried Magrane ; “ that is far better than I expected.” “I don’t know what you are getting at,” said Trescotte, quite astonished at the lawyer’s evident satisfaction, “ but when I went to her father for his consent to our engagement, I did not receive it until I had told him the story in all its details. His approval was given after he knew everything I had to tell.’ “ Still better,” broke in Magrane, rubbing his hands delightedly; “it is in very good shape for you on that side.” Trescotte was yet more perplexed by the lawyer’s manner, but he finished by saying: “Returning to Miss Courtenay to inform her of the result of my interview with her father, I told her the story without reservation.” “Very, very good!” exclaimed Magrane; “ your conduct was manly and upright. Now tell me the story of the other affair, in all its detail, omitting no COIN @ LOOO cS (GO)