THE SEMI-ATTACHED COUPLE
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Douglas was very cold about the election, and Eliza seemed out of spirits."
"We must try what we can do to-morrow and bring Eliza back with us; so now to bed."
"It is time to go to bed," said Lord Beaufort, lighting his candle, "for we must be in Boroughford by nine. Are you equal to that exertion, Ernest?"
"By nine, my dear fellow! that is full late. I should have said eight; but then I hate anything like indolence."
