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"So she is," said Winterborne, "but not to me."

From this ambiguous expression of the reticent woodlander's, Dr.

Fitzpiers inferred that Giles disliked Miss Melbury because of some

haughtiness in her bearing towards him, and had, on that account,

withheld her name. The supposition did not tend to diminish his

admiration for her.