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polite assent; and the professor, even more reticent than usual, seized the first opportunity to take refuge in the house. After a few minutes,

ked Alison when the Prof

, and thousand-year-old rubbish and hieroglyphics, devotes himself to the good of humanity, and meantime withers up into a mummy. A very well conducted, bl

ng after the professor, n

"But personally not her sole protector?

nd was glad to consign Jane to the protection of the first gentleman who offered; in this case it was Professor Fernow, who was

led to a more intimate acquaintanceship between the two, wh

at him in astonishment, t

tific thoroughness?--and he is not yet thirty! It takes a prodigy of learning for such a place! A man who devotes himself body and soul to his books, and knows nothing of the clear light of day. Really, you

ony. "Does Miss Forest often conver

y do they pass each other by. I implore you, Henry, not to insult the taste of your betrothed in

any wooers of Miss Forest, and there were no despicable rivals among them. But I had no fear at sight of thi

have presentiments! This is one of the German sensations. They never really reckon, they

ervant girl appeared to announce the arrival of the lady of

ept her engagement secret from her relative