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OTHER PEOPLE'S WINDOWS.

BY

J. HAIN FRISWELL,

AUTHOR OF A SPLENDID FORTUNE,'
""A DAUGHTER OF EVE," ETC., ETC.

"The old project of a WINDOW in the bosom to render the soul of man
visible, is what every honest fellow has a manifold reason to wish for."-
POPE'S LETTERS, Dec. 12, 1718.

Edidi quæ potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiæ coegerunt."
-CICERO DE ORAT. Lib. iii.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

BODE

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LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND MARSTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.

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OTHER PEOPLE'S WINDOWS.

CHAPTER I.

AT LAST THE WINDOW OF A WOMAN'S HEART.

CERTAIN pause having been made-in fact, ten minutes being allowed for refreshments-Mr. Carew again cleared his manly pipes and went on reading as freshly as ever, being evidently pleased with the interest taken in the story :

"In the mean time, whilst Mr. Frazer was wondering at the curate's sudden incursion and bold attack on the port, Miss Hetty, her face pale, her lips parted, and her heart beating-oh! so quickly-walked towards her own room.

"In La Motte Fouqué's story of Undine,' that author has drawn a woman-what shall we say?—a

VOL. II.

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