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64 A SOCIAL METEOR. concerning Jack? He had gone voluntarily out of her life; let him stay. The opportunity for her to shake off the miserable past had come, and she would embrace it. : All this time Lee was waiting for his answer. In a few words she gave it to him, and sub- mitted, with very good grace (under the circum- stances), to being taken into his arms and caressed after the usual custom of lovers. But when he begged her to name an early date for the marriage, she proved reticent, and absolutely refused to listen when he said something about a month being quite long enough to wait. “Six weeks, then?” he suggested, hopefully. ‘No, nor sixteen,” answered Georgie, decidedly. “T will not think of getting married under six months. Why, I hardly know you, and haste in a matter of this kind is worse than folly.” He was inclined to rebel, but concluded to yield to her wishes. “Another thing,” she persisted, “you must promise me to say nothing about our engagement until I give you leave. As for me,I shall tell no one but my aunt and Mrs. Thorne, for they have the right to know.” Here, too, he showed signs of dissatisfaction, ENNKE NCO KS (E©)