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ALL LX A GARDEX FAIR. 127<br />

' Yes, moil ])ere.' She was ra<strong>the</strong>r friglit<br />

eiied at this solemn <strong>in</strong>tnxluetioii to tlie un-<br />

fold <strong>in</strong> £^.<br />

' I Avill treat you henceforth as a grown<br />

woman. You are also my daugliter.'<br />

' Yes, moil pere.'<br />

' I will treat you as a daughter who can be<br />

trusted;<br />

She stooped down and took his hand, and<br />

kissed it.<br />

'I have a great th<strong>in</strong>g to tell you. I have<br />

<strong>the</strong> grandest—<strong>the</strong> most magnificent scheme to<br />

communicate. I demand your absolute— your<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>ound secresy. That is necessary. Without<br />

secresy I shall fail ; without your aid success<br />

will be difficult. Understand, Claire, what I<br />

ask <strong>of</strong> you will be diflicidt : it will require dis-<br />

simulation ; pretence ; perhaps even we must<br />

do violence to Puritan ideas ; we may have to<br />

<strong>in</strong>vent.'<br />

Claire began to tremble. Secresy, grandeur,<br />

magnificence, with pretence ! WJiat could<br />

<strong>the</strong>se mean but ano<strong>the</strong>r revolution, with which

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