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"Yes," she replied simply "He wanted to leave me all he could; but I

would not let hih, of my own So why should he leave ratefully

"You have been very good to ht to expect, or deserve"

"No," she said "And there is no need of gratitude I wanted to

atone----No, that's not the right word I wanted to make up to you for

the trouble I had, all unconsciously, caused between you and hiet conceited; but I took a

fancy to hed softly "And

just at present I have no other object in life than the atteh

Happy? Oh, Nell, Nell! How vain and foolish all this splendor, now he

had lost her!

"So you turnedold place into a palace? Well, it was a

substantial attempt, and if I arateful of , I should

say," he added, as they descended to the hall again

"Only a leford; but she was too wise to say