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AN IMPERIAL CHRISTENING.
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He took the paper meekly, and after watching me curiously for a moment, became absorbed in its contents, while I tried to collect myself. It is the most surprising experience I ever had. Was it an offer, or was it not? No one knows but Mr. Thurber, and I strongly suspect that he will never tell me. I am afraid he is not very deeply in love, or he would not have been so easily repulsed.
