I believe
I have stated it correctly, suh?"
The agent bowed his head, and scrutinized Miss Nancy's face with the
eye of a hawk.
The dear lady sank into a chair. For a moment she lost her breath.
Yancey handed her a fan with a quickness of movement never seen in him
before, and the colonel continued:--
"This will of course still leave you, Nancy, this house and about half
of the farm property transferred to you by me at the fo'closure sale."
The little woman looked from one to the other in a dazed sort of way,
and her eye rested on Fitz.
"What shall I do, Mr. Fitzpatrick? It seems to me a grave step to sell
any part of the estate."
Fitz blushed at the mark of her confidence, and said that with the
royalty clause he thought the proposition a favorable one.
"And you, George?" turning to the colonel.
The colonel bowed his head. He must advise its acceptance.
"When do you want an answer, sir?"
"To-day, Madam," said the Englishman, who had not taken his eyes from
her face.
"You shall have it in half an hour," she said gently, then rose hastily,
and left the room.
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