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arms extended, and a commanding air, Elinor, having made signs to the dismayed Harleigh not to move, awaited, where she stood, the terrified, but obedient Juliet.

"Avoid me not!" she cried, "Ellis! why should you avoid me? I have given you back your plighted word; and the pride of Harleigh has saved him from all bonds. Why, then, should you fly?"

Juliet attempted not to make any answer.

"The conference, the last conference," continued Elinor, "which so ardently I have demanded, is still unaccorded. Repeatedly I could have surprized it, singly, from Harleigh; but—"

She stopt, coloured, looked indignant, yet ashamed, and then haughtily went