Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 203: what you’re looking at

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“Well, I think that Miss “Stewart, with or without her millions, would wear a duchess’ coronet very gracefully.” “Whew! ejaculated his companion, astonished. “T imagine you are not very hard hit, after all, if you can contemplate such a contingency with that calm fortitude. But,” he added, tossing away his cigar, “T promised to join a progressive euchre party there to-night. I shall go witha lighter heart than I should have had but for this conversatian.”’ Percy was also invited to make one at the euchre party, but he was not ready to go, and allowed his friend to leave him, for he wanted to be alone. He had never been heavier-hearted in his life than since receiving young Harwood’s confidence. Not because he feared that he would win Hazel—he felt quite sure that she had no regard for him beyond that of a friend—but he did fear that she was learning to love the young lord. He strode back and forth over the sands, after young Harwood had left him, a tumult of feelings rioting in his heart while the veins stood out full and hard upon his forehead, He had not seen very much of Hazel during the last week or two; she had not mingled in company quite so freely, because Belle had been ailing, and Mrs. Stewart would not allow her to keep late hours, aud so Hazel had preferred to remain with her, the only trial connected with it being the fact that she was deprived of seeing Percy. Whenever she did go out, either Lord Nelson or Charlie had monopolized her attention so that he could get no private conversation with her, without making Mar bow fone Seer Pert n spite of his belief that Lor elson.waa an vs ye man and would not willfully do Ceo oR