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Audrey felt the touch of his lips upon her forehead, and shivered All her

world was going round; she could not steady it, could not see aright, knew

not as happening The strangeness 's last protest that it would never do,--never in the world;

hardly knehen she left the house She was out beneath the stars,

toward a lit Palace whence came the sound of violins Haward's arm was

beneath her hand; his voice was in her ear, but it was as the wind's

voice, whose speech she did not understand Suddenly they ithin the

Palace garden, with its winding, torchlit walks, and the terraces at the

side; suddenly again, they had mounted the Palace steps, and the doors

were open, and she was confronted with lights and ures She stood still, clasped her hands, and gave Haward a

piteous look Her face, for all its beauty and its painted roses, was

strangely the child's face that had lain upon his breast, where he knelt

ao He gave her

from room to room,

crossed and recrossed the wide hall, and down the stairway, to allants impatient at its foot, came fair women, one after the other,

the flower of the colony, clothed upon like the lilies of old Haward,

entering with Audrey, saw Mr Lee at the stairfoot, and, raising his eyes,

are of Evelyn descending alone and somewhat slowly, all in rose

color, and with a smile upon her lips

She was esteeraceful

and accomplished Wit and charinia had mated her with Mr Marmaduke Haward of Fair View

Therefore that portion of it that chanced to be in the hall of the

Governor's house withdrew for the moment its attention from its own

affairs, and bestowed it upon those of the lady descending the stairs, and