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As she took the chocolate up to Mrs Lorton, she tried to put her own

trouble out of her head, and to think only of Dick's good fortune How

she had longed for some such chance as this to come to the boy, and now

it had come But who had sent it? Drake! Well, all the ive him, and utter no word of reproach or bitterness

"You are ten ood heavens! what a sight you look! If one late night has this effect

upon you, ould half a dozen have? I aard and colorless as you do, even when I'd been

through a whole season" For a ood lady was quite convinced

that she had been a fashionable belle "I should advise you to keep out

of Drake's sight for an hour or two; at any rate, until you have got

some color in your face, and your eyes have ceased to look like boiled

gooseberries"

The ht the color to Nell's face quickly enough,

but for an instant only It hite again, as she resolved to tell

Mrs Lorton that the engagement was broken off

"It doesn't matter, mamma," she said; and she tried to smile