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BEAUTIFUL DAYS.
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Bernard read his uncle's caution, as they walked together on the broad gravel path.
"I have no desire to postpone the matter any longer," said Bernard. "I will propose to Bell at once, if you wish it."
"If your mind be quite made up, I cannot see why you should delay it."
And then, having thus arranged that matter, they received their future relative with kind smiles and soft words.
