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Could his uncle have brought hiht probably have succeeded;--and had he succeeded, there would have been no story for us as to the fortunes of Scroope Manor But the Earl was too proud and perhaps too diffident to make the atteh he was grieved, he expressed no anger He could not feel hier because his nephew chose to remain for yet a year attached to his profession "Who knohat may happen to him?" said the Countess

"Ah, indeed! But we are all in the hands of the Alhty" And the Earl bowed his head Lady Scroope, fully recognizing the truth of her husband's pious ejaculation, nevertheless thought that hueously be added to the divine interposition for which, as she well knew, her lord prayed fervently as soon as the words were out of hisif he could be settled Sophia Mellerby has promised to come here for a couple of months in the winter He could not possibly do better than that"

"The Mellerbys are very good people," said the Earl "Her grandland Her ious, and with the soundest principles Mr Mellerby, as a coland"

"They have held the same property since the wars of the roses And then I suppose the ," added the lady

Lord Scroope would not ad to acknowledge that were his heir to make Sophia Mellerby the future Lady Scroope he would be content But he could not interfere He did not think it wise to speak to younght be rather diverted from than attracted to the object in view Nor would he press his wishes upon his nephew as to next year "Were I to ask it," he said, "and were he to refusethat is unreasonable" Lady Scroope did not quite agree with her husband in this She thought that as every thing was to be done for the young man; as money al, parliament, and a house in London were offered to him;--as the treatht to give so in return; but she herself, could say no more than she had said, and she knew already that in those few matters in which her husband had a decided will, he was not to be turned from it