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It was so great a relief that Mr Clare could hardly bring hih there could be little

doubt which way the discussion would end, he had not yielded when the

ponies bore off Rachel on Monday htful place Alick had railed it a

cockney villa, but it was in good taste, and very fair and sith

flowers and shade Bessie's own rooly

at ho Rachel's

surprise how it could be possible to be so sued in such

a temporary abode, for the house was only hired for a few months, while

Gowanbrae was under repair It ithin such easy reach of London that

Bessie had been able froaieties; and she had thought it wise, both for herself and Lord Keith,

not to enter on their full course It sounded very moderate and prudent,

and Rachel felt vexed with herself and Alick for recollecting a certain

hint of his, that Lady Keith felt herself hbourhood than she could be in London, and wisely abstained fros It waswith Bessie's many far better and more affectionate reasons for

prudence, and her minutely personal confidences about her habits,

hopes, and fears, given with a strong sense of her own importance and