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"Then you will not beout, "for here they are"

"Pardon this intrusion, fairest Leoline," began the count, "but Sir

Noro, there is

a little difference of opinion between us that you are to settle"

Leoline looked first at one, and then at the other, utterly bewildered

"What is it?" she asked

"A si, if you recollect, you were my

proainst h her voice shook,

"You and Prudenceme I, at least, need no compulsion"

"You know better You haunted ave et rid of you"

"And you never loved me?"

"I never did"

"A frank confession! Did you, then, love any one else?"

The dark eyes fell, and the roseate glow again tinged the pearly face

"Mute!" said the count, with an almost imperceptible smile "Look up,

Leoline, and speak"

But Leoline would do neither With all her azelle

"Shall I answer for her, Sir Count?" exclaimed Sir Norman, his own cheek