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Meantiether by the attraction of opposites A change had conity For the h-priest of all the virtues would not suit in the presence of one whose favourite task it was to laugh his so-called virtues to scorn Such, at least to begin with, was his honourable intention But the subtle Wratisla him from his retirement and skilfully elicited his coy principles It was a cruel performance--a shameless one, had there been any spectator The one would lay down a fine generous line of policy; the other would beg for a fact in confirly detail some facts; the other would prorew angry and a little frightened The real Mr Stocks was aa deal with an opponent; and for a little the real Mr Stocks e fight, will you? You see, you are rather heavy inner like myself," he said, with commercial frankness

"No, my dear Stocks, to set your mind at rest, I won't Leants to be knocked about a little, and he wants the fight to brace hiood luck to the better s and ask aard questions"

Mr Stocks bore malice only to his inferiors, and respected his betters when he was not on a platforreat heartiness, and when Lady Manorwater found the two they were bea on each other like the most ancient friends

"Has anybody seen Lewie?" she was asking "He is the most scandalous host in the world We can't find boats or canoes and we can't find hiade host was seen in the wake of Alice descending fro in the attitude of the two struck the lady with suspicion Was it possible that she had been blind, and that her nepheas about to confuse her cherished scheh the world as not being of it, had fancied that already Alice had fallen in with her plans She had seemed to court Mr Stocks's coerly for hers But Lewis, if he entered the lists, would be a perplexing coods to witness that it should not be Many ainst it She hated that a scheh it were by her dearest friend More than all, her pride was in arreat h for his high htiness