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-"Very likely not. However that may be, the young lady was very
-decidedly carried away, and, having quite made up her mind that
-her stepfather was in France, the suspicion of treachery never
-for an instant entered her mind. She was flattered by the
-gentleman's attentions, and the effect was increased by the
-loudly expressed admiration of her mother. Then Mr. Angel began
-to call, for it was obvious that the matter should be pushed as
-far as it would go if a real effect were to be produced. There
-were meetings, and an engagement, which would finally secure the
-girl's affections from turning towards anyone else. But the
-deception could not be kept up forever. These pretended journeys
-to France were rather cumbrous. The thing to do was clearly to
-bring the business to an end in such a dramatic manner that it
-would leave a permanent impression upon the young lady's mind and
-prevent her from looking upon any other suitor for some time to
-come. Hence those vows of fidelity exacted upon a Testament, and
-hence also the allusions to a possibility of something happening
-on the very morning of the wedding. James Windibank wished Miss
-Sutherland to be so bound to Hosmer Angel, and so uncertain as to
-his fate, that for ten years to come, at any rate, she would not
-listen to another man. As far as the church door he brought her,
-and then, as he could go no farther, he conveniently vanished
-away by the old trick of stepping in at one door of a
-four-wheeler and out at the other. I think that was the chain of
-events, Mr. Windibank!"
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