In the doctor's study the whole subject of Clara's flight and its occasion was talked over, and the lawyer agreed to commence proceedings immediately.

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CHAPTER XII.

CAP "RESTS ON HER LAURELS" AND "SPOILS FOR A FIGHT."

'Tis hardly in a body's power,

To keep at times frae being sour,

To see how things are shared;

How best o' chiels are whiles in want,

While coofs on countless thousands rant,

And ken na how to wear 't.