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UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE.

man! I see your great beauty; I respect your natural talents, and the refinement they have brought into your nature—they are quite enough, and more than enough for me! They are equal to anything ever required of the mistress of a quiet parsonage-house—the place in which I shall pass my days, wherever it may be situated. O Fancy, I have watched you, criticised you even severely, brought my feelings to the light of judgment, and still have found them rational, and such as any man might have expected to be inspired with by a wo- man like you! So there is nothing hurried, secret, or untoward in my desire to make you my wife! Fancy, will you marry me?'

No answer was returned.

'Don't refuse; don't,' he implored. 'It would be foolish of you—I mean cruel! Of course we would not live here, Fancy. I

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