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The Net

           However,inthedrawing-roomswhereshestillappearedandwhatweretheybutmarriagemarkets?oneortwoaffairsdidspringuptentativeapproachmentsonthepartofscionsofwealth.Theyweredestinedtoproveabortive.Oneoftheseyouths,PedroRicerMarcado,aBrazilian,educatedatOxford,promisedmuchforsincerityandfeelinguntilhelearnedthatBerenicewaspoorinherownrightandwhatelse?Someonehadwhisperedsomethinginhisear.AgaintherewasacertainWilliamDrakeBowdoin,thesonofafamousoldfamily,wholivedonthenorthsideofWashingtonSquare.Afteraball,amorningmusicale,andoneotheraffairatwhichtheymetBowdointookBerenicetoseehismotherandsister,whowerecharmed."Oh,youserenedivinity!"hesaidtoher,ecstatically,oneday."Won’tyoumarryme?"Bevylookedathimandwondered."Letuswaitjustalittlelonger,mydear,"shecounseled."Iwantyoutobesurethatyoureallyloveme.Shortlythereafter,meetinganoldclassmateataclub,Bowdoinwasgreetedasfollows:

           "Lookhere,Bowdoin.You’reafriendofmine.IseeyouwiththatMissFleming.Now,Idon’tknowhowfarthingshavegone,andIdon’twanttointrude,butareyousureyouareawareofalltheaspectsofthecase?"

           "Whatdoyoumean?"demandedBowdoin."Iwantyoutospeakout."

           "Oh,pardon,oldman.Nooffense,really.Youknowme.Icouldn’t.Collegeandallthat.Justthis,though,beforeyougoanyfurther.Inquireabout.Youmayhearthings.

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