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large man with a very full face & a deep but not unpleasant
voice. He greeted May who was sitting on a hassock at
Monday Oct
Mrs Merriam's feet laughingly & said that it was a pity
either neither she or his wife was a man they were so [strong?]
[the?] each other I should need to get a divorce for you'd cut
me out in double-quick time May but as long as you're a
girl I won't get jealous & Madame is pretty enough to have
more admirers isn't she he asked May as he came & stood behind
Mrs Merriam's chair & [?] there besides he went on it's about
Maud Wood's Journal for the mon-
time for you to be finding some one else to fall in love with
ths of Oct. Nov. 1880
May you know we're [?] only waiting until you tell us
the happy fellow to congratulate you, May disclaimed all
intention of this sort & Mrs Merriam picked up the book
they had been reading. Look here Helen he said Mrs Merriam's
name was Helen do you suppose a girl like May is
interested in a book of miscellaneous essays nonsense talk
to her about her beaux & you'll see a difference I'm
willing to bet it's all well enough for anybody that's
that May wouldn't rather think about the good times she's
had & plan for the ones she's going to have. So saying he went
to take off his overcoat & Mrs Merriam & May got up with
a feeling that their pleasant hour was desecrated by they hardly
knew why.) Harry rather avoided May that evening & it
was not difficult to do for [there?] was with her almost con-