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'At church, I suppose,' replied she, 'unless your business chances to bring you here again at the preciseby'

'I could always e to have business here, if I knew precisely when and where to find you'

'But if I would, I could not inform you, for I am so immethodical, I never can tell to-day what I shall do to-ive ly and half in earnest, extending his hand for the sprig of myrtle

'No, indeed, I shan't'

'Do! PRAY do! I shall be the most miserable of men if you don't You cannot be so cruel as to deny hly prized!' pleaded he as ardently as if his life depended on it

By this time I stood within a very few yards of the his departure

'There then! take it and go,' said Rosalie

He joyfully received the gift,that h that showed her displeasure was entirely affected; and then with a courteous salutation withdrew

'Did you ever see such ato et rid of hi hi, but he's so extre his business or his clerical duties require his attendance in these parts, and really watching for poorupon ht not to go beyond the park or garden without some discreet, matronly person like me to accompany you, and keep off all intruders She descried Mr Hatfield hurrying past the park-gates, and forthwith despatched me with instructions to seek you up and to take care of you, and likewise to warn--'

'Oh, mamma's so tiresome! As if I couldn't take care of myself She bothered ht trust et htful o down on his knees to-ht just show her howthat I could ever--Oh, it provokes me so! To think that I could be such a fool as to fall in LOVE! It is quite beneath the dignity of a wo Love! I detest the word! As applied to one of our sex, I think it a perfect insult A preference I MIGHT acknowledge; but never for one like poor Mr Hatfield, who has not seven hundred a year to bless himself with I like to talk to hi--I wish Sir Thomas Ashby were half as nice; besides, I must have SOMEBODY to flirt with, and no one else has the sense to coo out, mamma won't let me flirt with anybody but Sir Thomas--if he's there; and if he's NOT there, I'o and erated story, and put it into his head that I'ed, to somebody else; or, what is more probable, for fear his nasty old s, and conclude that I'm not a fit wife for her excellent son: as if the said son were not the greatest scamp in Christendom; and as if any woood for him'