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But did she love him? -- what and if she did? . / Love has no spell can scorching winds forbid, / Or bring the help which tarries near to hand, / Or spread a cloud for curtaining fading eyes / That gaze up dying into alien skies. / -- JEAN INGELOW.
A fortnight passed at Normansgrave, in doubt and discomfort. It was fortunate that the house was full of visitors, for their entertainment served to take off the thoughts of the master of the house from his own interrupted and absorbing romance.