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"I don't believe there can be anything serious at present," said Mrs

Bulstrode "My brother would certainly have told me"

"Well, people have different ways, but I understand that nobody can see

Miss Vincy and Mr Lydgate together without taking theed

However, it is not my business Shall I put up the pattern of mittens?"

After this Mrs Bulstrode drove to her niece with a hted She was herself handsoret than usual that Rosa-dress, was almost as expensively equipped Mrs

Bulstrode was a feminine smaller edition of her brother, and had none

of her husband's low-toned pallor She had a good honest glance and

used no circumlocution

"You are alone, I see, ether, looking round gravely Rosa particular to say, and they sat down near each

other Nevertheless, the quilling inside Rosa that it was i

for Kate, and Mrs Bulstrode's eyes, which were rather fine, rolled

round that ample quilled circuit, while she spoke

"I have just heard so about you that has surprised me very much,

Rosamond"