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'She wears false hair,' he thought, 'or has changed its colour artificially Her true hair hbours had said about nearly recognizing Mrs Manston on her recent visit--which raph, and in spite of his previous incredulity; in consequence of the verse, of her silence and backwardness at the visit to Hoxton with Manston, and of her appearance and distress at the present moment, Graye had a conviction that the woman was an impostor

What could be Manston's reason for such an astounding trick he could by no stretch of ied his direction as soon as the wo the lanes hoested to hi clai that the first Mrs Manston lost her life as supposed, notwithstanding the inquest and verdict Was it possible that the real Mrs Manston, as known to be a Philadelphian by birth, had returned by the train to London, as the porter had said, and then left the country under an assumed name, to escape that worst kind of hood--thewedded to a fickle, faithless, and truant husband?

In her coht by her brother, Cytherea's thoughts at length reverted to her friend, the Rector of Carriford She told Owen of Mr Raunhaly expressed wish to aid her

'He is not only a good, but a sensible man We seeistrate,' said Owen in a tone of concurrence He thought, too, that no har in the rector, but there was a difficulty in bringing about the confidence He wished that his sister and hiht both be present at an intervieith Mr Raunhaether, in the sight of all the servants and parish of Carriford

There could be no objection to their writing hiht born than it was carried out They wrote to hiive the that he would accept their assurance that there was a real justification for the additional request theyupon hie at Tolchurch