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IN spite of the doubts and fears which had disturbed me, I was delighted with the English basement house and already in anticipation I enjoyed the surprise of Lilian, when I should tell her that the beautiful home was her own. I asked her to walk with me, but she was a little fretful that day; somehow she seemed more like "dear ma" than I had ever seen her before.
"I don't want to walk to-day, Paley. I'm tired," she replied, with a languid air.