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"Oh, do not do so, good my lady!" replied Janet; "leave him to God, who

punishes the wicked in His own tihly hath he my lord's ear, that few have thriven who have

thwarted his courses"

"And frohteous Janet?" said the

Countess; "or why should I keep ter as I am, wife to his master and patron?"

"Nay, madam," replied Janet Foster, "your ladyship knows better than I;

but I have heard ry wolf than

thwart Richard Varney in his projects And he has often chargedcoirl, for thee," replied the lady, "and I dare

swear h, his face and manner do little

match his true purpose--for I think his purpose may be true"

"Doubt it not, my lady," answered Janet--"doubt not that h he is a plain man, and his blunt looks irl, were it only for thy sake; and yet he has

one of those faces which men tremble when they look on I think even thy

-iron--could hardly look

upon hi"

"If it were so, madam," answered Janet Foster, "my mother had those who

could keep her in honourable countenance Why, even you, ht the letter fromfrom the cushions on

which she sat half reclined in the arms of her attendant "Know that