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Melbourne House, Volume 1

CHAPTER II
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Here he was.

She must not go where ha was; she had not; he had come to her.

Daisy was very glad.

But she looked up in his face now without speaking.
"Ha! my stray lamb," said he, "whither are you running ?" "Home, sir," said Daisy meekly.
"Do you know you have run away from me ?" "Yes, Mr.Dinwiddie." "How came that ?" "It was unavoidable, sir," said Daisy, in her slow, old-fashioned way.
But the bright eye of the young man saw that her eye fell and her face clouded over; it was not a slight nor a chance hindrance that had been in her way, he was sure.
"Then you don't mean to come to me any more ?" It was a dreadful question, but Mr.Dinwiddie's way of speaking was so clear and quick and business-like, and he seemed to know so well what he was talking about, that the answer was forced from Daisy.

She looked up and said, "No, sir." He watched the soft thoughtful face that was raised towards him.
"Then if this is the last time we are to talk about it, Daisy, shall I look for you among those that will 'shine as the sun' in the Lord's kingdom ?" "O sir,--Mr.Dinwiddie,"-- said Daisy, dropping her reins and rising up, "that is what I want to know about.


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