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ENOCH ARDEN.
Come out and see.’ But she—she put him off—So much to look to—such a change—a month—Give her a month—she knew that she was bound—A month—no more. Then Philip with his eyesFull of that lifelong hunger, and his voiceShaking a little like a drunkard’s hand,‘Take your own time, Annie, take your own time.’And Annie could have wept for pity of him;And yet she held him on delayinglyWith many a scarce-believable excuse,Trying his truth and his long-sufferance,Till half-another year had slipt away.
 By this the lazy gossips of the port,Abhorrent of a calculation crost,Began to chafe as at a personal wrong.Some thought that Philip did but trifle with her;Some that she but held off to draw him on;And others laugh’d at her and Philip too,As simple folk that knew not their own minds,
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