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ever. To wed with Cecil was but giving Sir Hugh another child.
"Come, Edith mine!" said a sweet voice at her side; and the lover led her to her father.
In another half-hour the bells were ringing cheerfully on the air; and during the many years that the old Abbey was gladdened with their mutual happiness, Cecil never felt inclined to go to Hastings from ennui, or to Naples as an experiment; but found ample employment and content around his own home, and by his own hearth.
