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Mrs. Ives smiled at her husband's animation. "You remind me more of the romantic youth I once knew than of the grave divine. There is but one man I know that I could wish to give Emily to; it is Lumley. If Lumley sees her he will woo her; and if he wooes he will win her."

"And Lumley I believe to be worthy of her," cried the rector, now taking up a candle to retire for the night.