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Dunallan; or, Know what you judge, by the author of The decision
Dunallan or Know what you judge by the author of The decision Author:Grace Kennedy Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Next morning at breakfast, Lord Dunallan said, that if his friends would excuse him, he wished to pay a visit in the neighbourhood, which would d... more »etain him all the forenoon, and he was anxious before his departure, to discover whether there was any plan of amusement arranged for the day. Every one declared they would find amusement for themselves, and begged his Lordship to take no charge of them. " Catharine, my love," said Lord Dunallan, " you will show your cousin the additions I have made to the library." This particular charge of her cousin committed to Catharine, brought a blush over her countenance, and an expression of displeasure. Dunallan looked for her answer. She only bowed her assent very coldly. " I believe, my Lord, I ought to relieve Miss Dunallan from this task, and accompany yonr Lordship part of the way. I wish to call on my young friend Clanmar." " Clanmar ! exclaimed Catharine, quite thrown off her guard by surprise. Dunallan looked for an explanation. Catharine blushed deeply. " I thought—I supposed —I did not know—I had been led to believe"— and she stopped. " I believe I understand you, Miss Dunallan. You had been led to believe, that Mr. Clanmar had reason to think himself injured by me, under the mask of friendship." Catharine blushed again still more deeply; but was silent. There was something about Dunallan that quite deprived her of all presence of mind. Every look, every word he uttered, every expression of his open and animated countenance, was in direct contradiction to the character she had formed of him in idea; and his plain avowal of the truth on this occasion left her unable to say a word. She was relieved by Mrs. Lennox, who said, " One hears such stories of all one's friends, that it is necessary to believe...« less