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At last she smiled; a poor, weak little smile; but it gave him the truest pleasure.
‘It seems strange to think, that what gives us most hope for the future should be called Dolores,’ said Margaret. The remark was more in character with her father than with her usual self; but today they seemed to have changed natures.
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‘How young she is! — younger by fourteen months than I am. Just, the age that Edith was when she was engaged to Captain Lennox. Papa, we will go and see them in Spain.’
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