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He certainly had been foolish to bring her to Lowestoft, and the close neighbourhood of Carbury Manor;--and now he felt his folly As soon as he saw Roger Carbury he blushed up to his forehead, and then leaving Mrs Hurtle's arm he came forward, and shook hands with his friend 'It is Mrs Hurtle,' he said, 'I er took off his hat and bowed, but he did so with the coldest cere the minds of people froer Carbury, and surmised that he was no friend to her 'I did not know that you were thinking of coer in a voice that was needlessly severe But his mind at the present moment was severe, and he could not hide his et to the sea, and as she knew no one else here in England, I brought her'

'Mr Montague and I have travelled so ether before now,' she said, 'that a few additional will not er in the saue

'As I shall be here a whole week, and shall not speak a word to any one after he has left me, he has consented to bestow his company on me for two days Will you join us at dinner, Mr Carbury, this evening?'

'Thank you, ue, I will leave you with your friend My toilet, though it will be very slight, will take longer than yours We dine you know in twenty et your friend to join us' So saying, Mrs Hurtle tripped back across the sand towards the hotel

'Is this wise?' deer in a voice that was al

'You may well ask that, Carbury Nobody knows the folly of it so thoroughly as I do'

'Then why do you do it? Do you mean to marry her?'

'No; certainly not'

'Is it honest then, or like a gentleman, that you should be with her in this way? Does she think that you intend to marry her?'

'I have told her that I would not I have told her--' Then he stopped He was going on to declare that he had told her that he loved another woman, but he felt that he could hardly touch that er Carbury