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Yours devotedly,

DOROTHEA BROOKE

Later in the evening she followed her uncle into the library to give

hi He was

surprised, but his surprise only issued in a fewwhich he pushed about various objects on his writing-table, and

finally stood with his back to the fire, his glasses on his nose,

looking at the address of Dorothea's letter

"Have you thought enough about this, , uncle I know of nothing to ed

important and entirely new to me"

"Ah!--then you have accepted him? Then Chettam has no chance? Has

Chettam offended you--offended you, you know? What is it you don't

like in Chetta that I like in him," said Dorothea, rather

impetuously

Mr Brooke threw his head and shoulders backward as if soht missile at him Dorothea immediately felt soht of a husband He is very kind, I think--really

very good about the cottages A well- ? Well, it lies a

little in our fa into everything--a little toodoesn't often run in the feround like the rivers in Greece, you know--it coood deal into that, at

one time However, my dear, I have always said that people should do

as they like in these things, up to a certain point I couldn't, as

your guardian, have consented to a bad ood I ah,