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man. "You deserve that I should never leave you."
Going into the parlour they found Mr. Wentworth performing introductions. A young man was standing before the Baroness, blushing a good deal, laughing a little and shifting his weight from one foot to the other—a slim, mild-faced young man, with neatly-arranged features, like those of Mr. Wentworth. Two other gentlemen, behind him, had risen from their seats, and a little apart, near one of the windows, stood a remarkably pretty young girl. The young girl was knitting a stocking; but, while her fingers quickly moved, she looked with wide, brilliant eyes at the Baroness.
"And what is your son's name?"
