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day after her visit to the minister, Mrs Mason took the first opportunity of speaking to Morison of the scheme which had been suggested. The colour which shot across his pallid cheek, and the animation which lighted up his languid eye, as he in mute attention listened to the proposal, shewed how deeply it interested him. His joy was, however, dashed by diffidence. He had not been trained to the business of teaching, and feared that