a phyllis of the sierras-第20节
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love and him by NOT marryin' him。 So I reckon this yer interview
is over。〃
〃I am afraid we are both old fools; Mr。 Sharpe; butwe will talk
this over with Lady Mainwaring。 Come〃 There was evidently a
slight struggle near the chair over some inanimate object。 But the
next moment the Baronet's voice rose; persuasively; 〃Really; I must
insist upon relieving you of your bag and umbrella。〃
〃Well; if you'll let me telegraph 'yes' to Minty; I don't care if
yer do。〃
When the room was quiet again; Lady Canterbridge and James Bradley
silently slipped from the curtain; and; without a word; separated
at the door。
There was a merry Christmas at Oldenhurst and at Nice。 But whether
Minty's loving sacrifice was accepted or not; or whether she ever
reigned as Lady Mainwaring; or lived an untitled widow; I cannot
say。 But as Oldenhurst still exists in all its pride and power; it
is presumed that the peril that threatened its fortunes was
averted; and that if another heroine was not found worthy of a
frame in its picture…gallery; at least it had been sustained as of
old by devotion and renunciation。
End