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Then he wrote to Bessie that he was as good as
engaged to Blanche, and that she would probably fall in love with Grey,
who was sure to do so with her. This done, he began to anticipate the
visit, which he said to himself was to be his last, and from which he
meant to get all the happiness possible, he would kiss Bessie as often
as he liked; he would hold her hands in his, the dear little hands which
had worked so hard, but, which nevertheless, were so soft and pretty; he
would look into the innocent blue eyes and see them kindle and droop
beneath his gaze, and then there should be one long, never to be
forgotten walk by themselves across the suspension bridge, through the
straggling old town, and along the road by the river toward Beaumaris,
and he would tell her everything, all his love for her and its utter
hopelessness because they were both so poor, and he would say good-by
forever, and bid her marry Grey Jerrold, and so remove temptation from
him and make it easier for him to be true to Blanche.


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