Chapter 40 CHIEFLY MATRIMONIAL.

"There is a love which, born

In early days, lives on through silent years."

"Love is life's end."

-Spenser.

Erminie-Lady Erminie now-sat in an elegantly-furnished library, pulling a costly bouquet wantonly to pieces, and looking excessively lovely in her dress of pale-blue silk and white lace.

Pacing up and down the room, as if for a

                         

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