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For a fewconversation to Lady Poarden,' he said; 'for ardens; but if one is to live in the country, this is the sort of thing that one would like'

'Delicious,' said Madaher round her throat It was the end of May, and the weather was very warm for the time of the year; but, in her heart of hearts, Madaarden

'It isn't a pretty place; but the house is comfortable, and we lass, I see,' said Sir Felix 'If one is to live in the country, I like that kind of thing Carbury is a very poor place'

There was offence in this;--as though the Carbury property and the Carbury position could be coestaffe position Though dreadfully hareat people 'For a small place,' said Lady Pomona, 'I think Carbury is one of the nicest in the county Of course it is not extensive'

'No, by Jove,' said Sir Felix, 'you may say that, Lady Pomona It's like a prison to me with that moat round it' Then he julad to be released for a ti before she left theether She had understood that the two horses now in the running were Lord Nidderdale and Sir Felix; and though she would not probably have doneto destroy Lord Nidderdale

Sir Felix had his work to do, and illing to do it,--as far as such willingness could go with hireat, and the comfort of wealth was so sure, that even he was teht hiht, across dirty roads, in an old cab For the girl herself he cared not the least It was not in his power really to care for anybody He did not dislike her ly, except at the arded her simply as the ht be conveyed to his uses In regard to feminine beauty he had his own ideas, and his own inclinations He was by no means indifferent to such attraction But Marie Mel to hihtness of her youth, and from a modest shy demeanour joined to an incipient aspiration for the enjoy in the world which should be her own There was, too, arising within her boso in the world, an idea that she, too, could say sohts of her own, if only she had soh still shy, she was always resolving that she would abandon her shyness, and already had thoughts of her own as to the perfectly open confidence which should exist between two lovers When alone--and she was much alone--she would build castles in the air, which were bright with art and love, rather than with geenerally were, left soination She fancied to herself brilliant conversations in which she bore a bright part, though in real life she had hitherto hardly talked to any one since she was a child Sir Felix Carbury, she knew, had ht that she knew, that she loved the man And now she ith him alone! Now surely had coht be found to be built of real materials