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"Any place is cheerful enough for me when my daughter is with me," said
she, simply; "and it is quiet."
George Brand sat with his hands clinched. Every moment he thought he
should hear Natalie knock at the door below.
"Madame," he said, with some little hesitation, "something has happened
of serious importance--I mean, of a little importance. When Natalie
comes I must tell her--"
"And you wish to see her alone, perhaps?" said the mother, lightly. "Why
not? And listen--it is she herself, I believe!"
A minute afterward the door was opened, and Natalie entered, radiant,
happy, with glad eyes. Then she started when she saw George Brand there,
but there was no fear in her look. On the contrary, she embraced her
mother; then she went to him, and said, with a pleased flush in her
face,
"I had no message this morning. You did not care, then, for our little
bunch of flowers?"
He took her hand, and held it for a second.
"I thought I should see you to-day, Natalie; I have something to tell
you."
Her face grew graver.


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