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[Struck by this—eagerly]

Exactly my opinion.

[Thinking]

If she’d settle down here I could come over every day  I’d nurse her  Mother home  Nina here  how I could work then!

[Thinking]

He certainly seems all for me so far!

[Then in a sudden flurry]

Shall I tell him? he’ll be like her guardian now I’ve got to know how he stands

[He starts with a solemn earnestness]

Mr. Marsden, I—there’s something I ought to tell you, I think. You see, Nina’s talked a lot about you. I know how much she thinks of you. And now her old man—

[He hesitates in confusion]

I mean, her father’s dead—

[In a sort of panic—thinking]

What’s this? proposal? in form? for her hand? to me? Father Charlie now, eh? ha! God, what a fool! does he imagine she’d ever love him? but she might not bad looking  likable, innocent  something to mother

[Blundering on regardless now]

I know it’s hardly the proper time—