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health  and  spirits  Wilifred  sometimes
                                        tried.  Mrs.  Moran  very  much,  and  it

                                        was  impossible  for  her  to  sympathize

                                        with  her  tastes  as  her father did,          Then,
                                        too,  although  Wilifred  was  very  sorry

                                        for  her  poor  delicate  mamma,  and  loved

                                        her  very  much,  she  could  not  realize

                                        how  a  trifling  noise  would  set  her

                                        nerves  aching  and  tingling,  and  how
                                        much  more  comfortable  she  was  with

                                        only  quiet  and  gentle  persons  around

                                        her.
                                           By  the  middle  of  May  the  Morans

                                        were  really  settled  at  Delhaven,  and

                                        Will  was  enchanted.

                                           Each  day  seemed  to  bring  with  it

                                        some  pleasant  surprise,  until  she  de­
                                        clared  that  the  only  surprise  possible

                                        for  her  would  be  not  to  be  surprised

                                        at  all.
                                           A t  first,  she  had  feared  that  the  new
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