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"And supposing I say yes--supposing I agree to go with you, for the fun
of the thing, what do you mean to do with me, Mr. Walraven?"
"To treat you as I would a Miss Walraven of seventeen years old, if
there were such a person; to fill your pockets with money, and your
wardrobe with fine clothes; to give you a horse to ride, and a piano to
play, a carriage to drive in, and a waiting-maid to scold. What more can
I do? I will give you masters to teach you everything under the sun.
Balls, parties, and the opera at will--everything, in short, your heart
can desire."
The starry eyes sparkled, the rose-tinted cheeks flushed with delight.
"I can not believe it; it is too good to be true. Oh, you can't mean it,
Mr. Walraven. No one ever had their wildest flight of fancy realized in
this manner."
"You shall if you will become my daughter. If my promise proves false,
are you not free to return? There are no ogres nowadays to carry young
ladies off to enchanted palaces and eat them. Come with me to my home in
New York. If I fail in aught I have promised, why, return here.


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