"Poor Maria!" said he, half soliloquising, "I wish one could do right without sacrificing others. I shall hate this town, and myself too, if she----. Pray, Margaret, does your mother often talk to you of the old places: of Helstone, I mean."

'Poor Maria!' said he, half to himself. 'I wish one could do right without sacrificing others. I shall hate this town, and myself too, if she- Pray, Margaret, does your mother often talk to you of Helstone?'
