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She now becaers Her acquaintance a them was s were more frequent and excursive than they had ever been before Hereby, she earned a and very charitable young lady; and their encomiums were sure to be repeated to Mr Weston: who in one or other of their abodes, or in her transits to and fro; and often, likewise, she could gather, through their gossip, to what places he was likely to go at such and such a tied, the sick, the sad, or the dying; and ly In these excursions she would soo with her sister--whom, by some means, she had persuaded or bribed to enter into her schemes--sometimes alone, never, noithMr Weston, or hearing his voice even in conversation with another: which would certainly have been a very great pleasure, however hurtful or however fraught with pain I could not even see him at church: for Miss Murray, under some trivial pretext, chose to take possession of that corner in the family pehich had been mine ever since I came; and, unless I had the presumption to station myself between Mr and Mrs Murray, I ly did

Now, also, I never walked hoht it did not look well to see three people out of the fae; and, as they greatly preferred walking in fine weather, I should be honoured by going with the seniors 'And besides,' said they, 'you can't walk as fast as we do; you know you're always lagging behind' I knew these were false excuses, but I made no objections, and never contradicted such assertions, well knowing thethose six memorable weeks, I never went to church at all If I had a cold, or any slight indisposition, they took advantage of that to make oing again that day, thee theirtheir departure that I never discovered the change of purpose till too late Upon their return home, on one of these occasions, they entertained me with an animated account of a conversation they had had with Mr Weston as they ca 'And he asked if you were ill, Miss Grey,' said Matilda; 'but we told him you were quite well, only you didn't want to come to church--so he'll think you're turned wicked'