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"Oh, yes; I remember you told me that Neil said he was coming. They are
great friends, I believe," Archie said. Then, after a moment, he
continued: "I dare say he is a gentleman. You may like him very much."
"No, I shall not," Bessie rejoined, tapping the floor impatiently with
her boot, whose shabbiness French blacking could not wholly conceal, "I
shall be civil to him, of course, as Neil's friend, but I would rather
he did not come, spoiling everything. I see Neil so seldom that I want
him all to myself when he is here. He is the only cousin I have, you
know."
For a moment Archie was silent, and when at last he spoke, he said:
"Bessie, don't think too much of Neil. As I told you once in London, so
I tell you now. He is too selfish by nature, and too ambitious to care
particularly for anything which cannot advance his interests. He likes
you very much, no doubt, and if you had a fortune, I dare say he would
seek to make you his wife; but as you have not he will marry Blanche
Trevellian, who has.


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