CI-IA [ TER ONE<br >SARA I).~P.ti:OP.D 1，，}，，~ked anxiously at the bowed<br >siivcr head of i~er father， working calmly on his Persian<br >tcanslp.tions ~ls though nothing of treme，ndous import<br > ._ D :" " ;<br >was about to happen， and si，~hed in gentle cxas~_，.rat<on.<br > "Daddy， ! hope yotFre ~oi，~，...=， to eive Adrian the<br >whole of your attention when he comes to see you， and<br >llOt ;" ~ f " <br > jr.st a little bit ~t. I wish you"d pu~ that away anu<br > I，，~u.，..:，t..d in somethin<， of<br >try at least to " -~ "- " ，-，，，~{.;H，.<br > at tjc~.~l ".. ，I r，~ ~"<br > v`iIl only concern a few<br >，an ancient manuscript which ， <br >""~"~ " ) or， tran. fated<br >~，--，，w.， -- at the most whcil "~ "ve ~ s ~ it." ~<br > Jonathal~ Dar.;ford loc~:ed up with a smile. " Llis only<br >daut， hter was so lovely with her bl~cbe!! eyes and " ~"<br > SOit~<br > -" ~ tO3<br >wavy brown hair. ，>lie haa c，o，ne llim and his wife<br >when they.， were Ione.~ past _..，~....c，x，~e，-tin<~_~ such a blessing， and<br >nov，， that she was <，pp[oachine her x，-，， 6-，，， "<br > .~ t ~cJ，ty-，.~ bzrthdP， y<br >lie was already seventy. Marion had ，.t.cu， leaving *h，-m<br > !<br >both so lon，.ly， five year.~; a，，o.<br > D，)nt worry..~:~.，..， Nothing. will distract my rotor" ~" e~_at<br >from any young man e~ager to marry you. [ shall be all<br >attention."<br > "You do understand that [ love Adrian， Daddy? It s<br >not just a question of statistics. I love him and my own<br >intention is to marry him， even thought" she ]owered<br >her lovely eyes ~ -fi id not ]"<br > unhapi ~v. She cou acttally say<br > tl~;，]，. ~:.，;~-h ]lCt: f;t{llu~ a S .2_ . ..<br >such a <，.，， :: - -"" teel--rcv orbs upon her<br >like twin lancc~.<br > "You were ~oine ct~. ~-a2:，， ."~: ;- r ，.， that you，:: intention is<br > . (-， ， : ..<br >to marry this man cl.sp， tc ap.v opinions [ may formulate<br >{o his detriment? That will be your privilege after June<br >the first w hen you come of age. No one can take that<br >ri.-.ht away from you. If your intention is so set， wh~ are<br >you } ，-.;~，s，.ino him to see mc at all?"<br > "Daddy， i want you ~o like him as t do. I so want<br >that "<br > 5<br >