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The daring stroke at Mrs Sutton's hypothesis of the inseparable

union between esteem and affection, excited her into an impolitic

admission

"My child, you make my blood run cold! You do not mean that you

could love a man for whose character you had no respect!"

"There is a difference between learning to love and continuing to

love," said Mabel, sententiously "But we have had enough of useless

talk, aunt In two days more Winston will be here Until then, let

matters remain as they are You can tell Rosa as much or as little

as you like of what has happened She one awry To-morroill look up this Mr Jenkyns, and

deliver the ed--likewise consult the

bitterly

"You never saw another creature so altered as she is," Mrs Sutton

bewailed to Rosa, in rehearsing the scene "If this thing should

turn out to be true, she is ruined and heart-broken for life She

will beco woranite brother"

"If!" reiterated Rosa, testily "There is not one syllable of truth

in it froa! I know he is your nephew, and that it is

one af the Medo-Persian laws of Ridgeley that the king can do no