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The glimpses she had obtained of this portion were now checked by the angle of the building In a minute or two they reached the side door, at which Cytherea alighted She elcoeneral pleasantness, who announced herself to be Mrs Morris, the housekeeper

'Mrs Graye, I believe?' she said

'I am not--O yes, yes, we are all , but forcedly The title accorded her seeht scar of a brand, and she thought of Owen's prophecy

Mrs Morris led her into a comfortable parlour called The Roo, whenever occasion allowed, at Mrs Morris with great interest and curiosity, to discover, if possible, soive a clue to the secret of her knowledge of herself, and the reco was to be learnt, at any rate just then

Mrs Morris was perpetually getting up, feeling in her pockets, going to cupboards, leaving the rooain

'You'll excuse entleman's birthday, and they always have a lot of people to dinner on that day, though he's getting up in years noever, none of theenerally keeps the house pretty clear of lodgers (being a lady with no intiives us less to do, er ive in fragovernment of the estate

'Now, are you sure you have quite done tea? Not a bit or drop , I'm sureWell, now, it is rather inconvenient that the other maid is not here to show you the ways of the house a little, but she left last Saturday, and Miss Aldclyffe has beenshift with poor old clu She is not come in yet I expect she will ask for you, Mrs Graye, the first thingI was going to say that if you have really done tea, I will take you upstairs, and show you through the wardrobes--Miss Aldclyffe's things are not laid out for to-night yet' She preceded Cytherea upstairs, pointed out her own roo-roo the whereabouts of various articles of apparel, the housekeeper left her, telling her that she had an hour yet upon her hands before dressing-time Cytherea laid out upon the bed in the next roo, and then went again to the little room which had been appropriated to herself