'I am sure you will live to see one hope fulfilled. Though I daresay he has a better chance of peace in the years to come than I have; Florence, at all events, does not go about boxing people's 'Guy,' says Miss Chesney, imperatively, laying her hand upon his lips, if you dare to finish that sentence, or if you ever refer to that horrible scene again, I shall most positively refuse to marry- -Oh! here is Mr. Boer. Talk of somebody! Look, it is he, is it not? Standing on tiptoe she cranes her neck eagerly, and rather flattens her pretty nose against the window-pane in a wild endeavour to catch a glimpse of Mr. Boer's long-tailed coat, which hangs very much "down behind," before it quite disappears in a curve of the avenue. Presently it comes to view again from behind the huge laurustinus bush, and they are now quite convinced it is indeed the amorous parson. 'Yes, it is he,' says Guy, staring over his betrothed's head, as he catches the first glimpse. And evidently full of purpose. 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