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The wet shining road threw the western glare into her eyes with an invidious lustre which rendered the restlessness of her hts flew frohtest link of connection between one and another Onescene with Manston---the next, Edward's ihost Then Manston's black eyes seeain, and the reckless voluptuousto the curves of his special words What could be those troubles to which he had alluded? Perhaps Miss Aldclyffe was at the botto her

On co into Miss Aldclyffe's presence Cytherea told her of the incident, not without a fear that she would burst into one of her ungovernable fits of terahted The usual cross-examination followed

'And so you ith him all that time?' said the lady, with assumed severity

'Yes, I was' 'I did not tell you to call at the Old House twice' 'I didn't call, as I have said He made me come into the porch' 'What re was not so bad as I thought' 'A very ilance full upon the girl, and eyeing her searchingly, said-'Did he say anything about _aze calive you the subscription' 'You are quite sure?' 'Quite' 'I believe you Did he say anything striking or strange about hi--that he was troubled,' 'Troubled!' After saying the word, Miss Aldclyffe relapsed into silence Such behaviour as this had ended, ona confession, and Cytherea expected one now But for once she wasmore was said

When she had returned to her roorove, as little able as any other excitable and bri wonified course at that juncture was to do nothing at all

She told hiement to another woman was a matter of notoriety She insisted that all honour bade him marry his early love--a woman far better than her unworthy self, who only deserved to be forgotten, and begged hiain She upbraided hi her so frequently at Bud the kiss fro of the water excursions 'I never, never can forget it!' she said, and then felt a sensation of having done her duty, ostensibly persuading herself that her reproaches and commands were of such a force that no man to whom they were uttered could ever approach her more