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After a short pause in the conversation, Mr Westonto so of before; but before I could answer, Miss Murray replied to the observation and enlarged upon it: he rejoined; and, frorossed hi to my own stupidity, ed: I trembled with apprehension; and I listened with envy to her easy, rapid flow of utterance, and saith anxiety the bright smile hich she looked into his face fro a little in advance, for the purpose (as I judged) of being seen as well as heard If her conversation was light and trivial, it was a to say, or for suitable words to express it in There was nothing pert or flippant in her manner now, as when she walked with Mr Hatfield, there was only a gentle, playful kind of vivacity, which I thoughtto a man of Mr Weston's disposition and teh, and ht I could do it!'

'Do what?' I asked

'Fix that man'

'What in the world do you o hoh the heart!'

'How do you know?'

'By ave me when he went away It was not an impudent look--I exonerate him from that--it was a look of reverential, tender adoration Ha, ha! he's not quite such a stupid blockhead as I thought him!'

Ilike it, and I could not trust myself to speak 'O God, avert it!' I cried, internally--'for his sake, not for mine!'

Miss Murray made several trivial observations as we passed up the park, to which (in spite of s appear) I could only answer by monosyllables Whether she intended to torment me, or merely to amuse herself, I could not tell--and did not ht of the poor man and his one lamb, and the rich man with his thousand flocks; and I dreaded I knew not what for Mr Weston, independently of et into the house, and find myself alone once more in my own room My first i my head on the pillow, to seek relief in a passionate burst of tears: there was an ience; but, alas! I s still: there was the bell--the odious bell for the schoolrooo doith a calh, and talk nonsense--yes, and eat, too, if possible, as if all was right, and I was just returned from a pleasant walk