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'Why then,' said she, 'you had better go down to the village after dark;
and I can go with you, and then I am sure you could never be suspected;
and even if you were, I could tell them it was altogether a mistake.'
'I will not permit that--I will not suffer Miss Hazeltine to go,' cried
Mr Bloomfield.
'Why?' asked Julia.
Mr Bloomfield had not the least desire to tell her why, for it was
simply a craven fear of being drawn himself into the imbroglio; but with
the usual tactics of a man who is ashamed of himself, he took the high
hand. 'God forbid, my dear Miss Hazeltine, that I should dictate to a
lady on the question of propriety--' he began.
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O, is that all?' interrupted Julia. 'Then we must go all three.'
Caught!' thought the Squirradical.
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