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F--- was a village about two miles distant from A-

'No,' said I; 'we live so completely out of the world, even here, that news seldoh the medium of the--Gazette But I hope you like your new parish; and that I ratulate you on the acquisition?'

'I expect to like my parish better a year or two hence, when I have worked certain reforressed soratulate reeable to HAVE a parish all to myself, with nobody to interfere with me--to thwart my plans or cripple my exertions: and besides, I have a respectable house in a rather pleasant neighbourhood, and three hundred pounds a year; and, in fact, I have nothing but solitude to co but a companion to wish for'

He looked at me as he concluded: and the flash of his dark eyes seereatly to my own discomfiture, for to evince confusion at such a juncture was intolerable I made an effort, therefore, to remedy the evil, and disclaim all personal application of the remark by a hasty, ill-expressed reply, to the effect that, if he waited till he ell known in the neighbourhood, hethe residents of F--- and its vicinity, or the visitors of A---, if he required so a the compliment implied by such an assertion, till his answer made me aware of it

'I ah you tell it me; but if it were so, I am rather particular in ht not find one to suitthe ladies you mention'

'If you require perfection, you never will'

'I do not--I have no right to require it, as being so far from perfect myself'

Here the conversation was interrupted by a water-cart lu past us, for ere now coht or ten minutes, between carts and horses, and asses, and men, there was little room for social intercourse, till we had turned our backs upon the sea, and begun to ascend the precipitous road leading into the town Here h not with the intention of using it as a support