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The Irrational Knot

CHAPTER I
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May I advise you not to wait until Susanna returns.

There is no chance of a reconciliation to-night." "I dont want any reconciliation." "Of course not; I had forgotten," replied Conolly, placably.

"Then I suppose you will go before she has finished dressing." "I shall go now," said Marmaduke, buttoning his overcoat, and turning away.
"Good-night," said Conolly.
"Good-night," muttered Marmaduke, petulantly, and disappeared.
Conolly waited a moment, so that he might not overtake Lind.

He then went for a cab, and waited at the stage door until his sister came down, frowning.

She got into the hansom without a word.
"Why dont you have a brougham, instead of going about in cabs ?" he said, as they drove away.
"Because I like a hansom better than a brougham; and I had rather pay four shillings a night and travel comfortably, than thirteen and be half suffocated." "I thought the appearance of----" "There is no use in your talking to me.


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