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'I'm afraid you didn'tHe had seated himself on the end of a sofa, close to the arm-chair which she occupied In reply, he only shook his head and laughed 'I saas, and I was sorry for it; for he certainly is a wonderful man'

'I suppose he is, but he is one of those men whose powers do not lie, I should say, chiefly in conversation Though, indeed, there is no reason why he should not say the same of me,--for if he said little, I said less'

'It didn't just coested with her sweetest s I think I a you as a real friend'

'Certainly,' he said, putting out his hand for hers

She gave it to hi that he did not relinquish it of his own accord 'Stupid old goose!' she said to herself 'And now to my story You know ed to ed to marry Miss Melmotte?' Then Lady Carbury nodded her head 'Why, she is said to be the greatest heiress that the world has ever produced I thought she was to ed herself to Felix She is desperately in love with him,-- as is he with her' She tried to tell her story truly, knowing that no advice can be worth anything that is not based on a true story;--but lying had become her nature 'Melmotte naturally wants her to hter married Felix she would not have a penny'

'Do you mean that he volunteered that as a threat?'

'Just so;--and he toldso It was et it'

'He would be sure to make some such threat'

'Exactly That is just what I feel And in these days young people are often kept fro si else He told me that if Felix would desist, he would enable him to make a fortune in the city'

'That's bosh,' said Broune with decision

'Do you think it must be so;--certainly?'