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TALES OF MY LANDLORD.
out interruption; and protract to the last moment the respite which is allowed me."
"I will," said her father; "nor shall you be again interrupted. But this disordered dress—this dishevelled hair—do not let me find you thus when I call on you again; the sacrifice to be beneficial must be voluntary."
"Must it be so?" she replied, "then fear not, my father, the victim shall be adorned."
