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Captious and quarrelsome; jealous and
selfish; fickle and violent and unjust when his anger led him astray; how
could her mother (as indeed Helen had by a thousand words and hints) ask
her to give her heart to such a man? and suppose she were to do so, would
it make him happy?
But she got some relief at length, when, at the end of half an hour--a
long half-hour it had seemed to her--a waiter brought her a little note
in pencil from Pen, who said, "I met Cooky below ready to fight me; and I
asked his pardon. I'm glad I did it. I wanted to speak to you to-night,
but will keep what I had to say till you come home. God bless you. Dance
away all night with Pynsent, and be very happy.--PEN." Laura was very
thankful for this letter, and to think that there was goodness and
forgiveness still in her mother's boy.
Pen went downstairs, his heart reproaching him for his absurd behaviour
to Laura, whose gentle and imploring looks followed and rebuked him; and
he was scarcely out of the ballroom door but he longed to turn back and
ask her pardon.


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