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 he refused to listen to her before her marriage. She was agitated with mingled emotions of pity, affection, and sympathy with all the sentiments that had been expressed.

Mr. Kingley never after flourished as before! Never since he turned Mary from his door had he been regarded with the same respect, even by his companions, and that hardening of his heart put out the little ray of warmth she had excited in his rough and ungenial nature. He did not relinquish his business, but reverses swept over him, and he at last received a mortal injury in the attempt to put out of his house two intoxicated men who resisted him with a savage fury.