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'Ted,' the farmer went on, 'this upset of be-en burnt out o' ho There's this troubles me besides--our liven here with your cousin, and fillen up her house It must be very aard for her But she says she doesn'tto her lately about when you are going toat all lately' 'Well, perhaps you ether

You know, no time has ever been ht that now, since she has waited so patiently and so long--you are almost called upon to say you are ready It would simplify matters very much, if you were to walk up to church wi' her one of these o on liven here as we are If you don't I hten my mind, too, about the two little freeholds over the hill--not a morsel a-piece, divided as they were between her ain Just think about it, will ye, Ted?' He stopped from exhaustion produced by the intense concentration of his mind upon the weary subject, and looked anxiously at his son

'Yes, I will,' said Edward

'But I a,' the far to the old subject 'I hts of theher, but I'd rather talk to her than the steward I wonder what she'll say to er man knew exactly what she would say If his father asked her what he was to do, and when, she would simply refer him to Manston: her character was not that of a woman who shrank from a proposition she had once laid down If his father were to say to her that his son had at last resolved to iven her a prorove, the houses are burnt: we'll let theo: trouble no more about them' His mind was alreadyto Miss Aldclyffe,to marry me next Christmas She is interested in my union with Adelaide, and the neill be welcome to her' 'And yet she can be iron with reference to me and her property,' the farmer murmured 'Very well, Ted, I'll tell her' 6 DECEMBER THE FIFTH Of thea woorous contrast in Cytherea's bosom just at this time