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"She surely will be there, as it is the last, perhaps, she'll ever see of so a little as he sealed the note, which he would not trust to the post

He would deliver it hi the possibility of athe bell at No ----, asking "If Miss Lennox was at hoirl the note, Mark ran down the steps, while the servant carried the missive to the library, where upon the table lay other letters received thatby the penny post, and as yet unopened; for Katy was very busy, and Helen was dressing to go out with Juno Caraciously asked her to drive with her that

Juno had not yet appeared; but Mark was scarcely out of sight when she came in with the familiarity of a sister and entered the library to wait Carelessly turning over the books upon the table, she stuh some defect in the envelope, had becoe lifted so that to peer at its contents was a very easy nant and jealous--for she knew the handwriting--could not at first bring herself even to touch as intended for her rival But as she gazed the longing grew, until at last she took it in her hand, turning it to the light, and tracing distinctly the words "My dear Helen," while a stor of shame that she had let herself down so far

"It does not matter now," the tempter whispered "You may as well read it and know the worst Nobody will suspect it," and so, led on step by step, she was about to take the folded letter fro fully to replace it after it was read, when a rapid step warned her so the letter in her pocket, she dropped her veil to cover her confusion, and then confronted Helen Lennox, ready for the drive, and all unconscious of the wrong which could not then be righted

Juno was unusually kind and fa Helen's taste with regard to pictures, and trying in various ways to forget the letter which lay upon her conscience like a leaden weight, driving all other thoughts fro one, "How can I return it without detection?" Juno did notonce to confess the whole, but shrinking fro ho in an opposite direction, did not see the earnest look of scrutiny he gave her, scarcely heeding Juno, whose face was all ablaze with guilt as she returned his bow, and whose voice trembled as she spoke of him to Helen and his intended departure Helen observed the treitation she fancied arose froer and possibly death aiting In Helen's heart, too, there was a cutting pang whenever she remembered Mark, and what had so recently passed between the hopes which noholly blasted For he was Juno's, she believed, and the grief at his projected departure was the cause of that young lady's softened and even hu at her house for lunch before going home