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Rh her house for the sake of seeing the only person about whom she could teaze Mr. Lufton since her youngest sister's marriage.

When she saw Amy she was as much charmed with her as Mr. Lufton had expected; she received her with the most cordial hospitality, and spoke frankly and kindly to her friends. Mr. Troubridge, who, after Mr. Hammond's departure, had been very glad to call at Hugh Lindsay's on his way to or from Adelaide, was pleased that they would take advantage of his house on their long journey, and entered into a conversation with Allan about some pastoral fights he had that some one was interfering with. He knew if there were young ladies in the house there was no getting a word of sense out of Mr. Lufton, and he was glad to bring out the Government regulations and to explain the boundaries of his run to a shrewd fellow like young Lindsay, whose opinion on the subject was at any time worth twice as much as Lufton's.

When Mrs. Troubridge first saw Allan's tall figure and handsome, intelligent countenance, she thought her neighbour's chance was a small one, but again when she saw Allan absorbed in that stupid pastoral dispute of Mr. Troubridge's with that fellow Crabtree, and looking, as she thought,