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"If you marry her, her eldest son must of course be the heir to the title"

"I as es with Roman Catholics"

"Put that out of your head," said Jack Neville "In the first place you would certainly find yourself in a mess, and in the next place the attempt itself would be dishonest I dare say al; but aout of it is a scoundrel"

"You needn't bully about it, Jack You know very well that I don't "

"I'm sure you don't But as you ask me I must tell you what I think You are in a sort of dileirl and Uncle Scroope"

"I'm not in any dilemma at all"

"You seem to think you have made some promise to him which will be broken if you marry her;--and I suppose you certainly have made her a promise"

"Which I certainly ht Then you must break your promise to Uncle Scroope"

"It was a sort of half and half pro himself unhappy about it"

"Just so I suppose Miss O'Hara can wait"

Fred Neville scratched his head "Oh yes;--she can wait There's nothing to bind me to a day or a month But my uncle may live for the next ten years now"

"My advice to you is to let Miss O'Hara understand clearly that you will e as your uncle lives Of course I say this on the supposition that the affair cannot be broken off"

"Certainly not," said Fred with a decision that was ement a fortunate one for you in your position Like should marry like I'm quite sure of that You would wish your wife to be easily inti who the wives and daughters of other Earls and such like"

"No; I shouldn't"

"I don't see how she would be co other Earls, as you call the I hate London I should never live here"

"What would you do?"

"I should have a yacht, and live chiefly in that I should go about a good deal, and get into all ht spend a winter now and then in Leicestershire or Northaular ho to my scheme you should have this place,--and sufficient of the income to maintain it of course"