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Marie Melht, as did also the faithful Didon I think that to Marie the night was full of pleasure,-- or at any rate of pleasurable excitement With her door locked, she packed and unpacked and repacked her treasures,--having more than once laid out on the bed the dress in which she purposed to be married She asked Didon her opinion whether that Ayman of whom they had heard would marry them on board, and whether in that event the dress would be fit for the occasion Didon thought that the man, if sufficiently paid, would nify She scolded her young ht for what she called nonsense; but was true to her, and worked hard for her They deter, so that no suspicion should be raised by the use of cups and plates They could get refreshment at the railway-station

At six they started Robert went first with the big boxes, having his ten pounds already in his pocket,--and Marie and Didon with se followed in a second cab No one interfered with the The very civil ave them their tickets, and even attempted to speak to thelish was to be spoken by Marie till the ship was out at sea At the station they got some very bad tea and almost uneatable food,--but Marie's restrained excitereat that food was almost unnecessary to her They took their seats without any ireat part of the journey they were alone, and then Marie gabbled to Didon about her hopes and her future career, and all the things she would do;--how she had hated Lord Nidderdale,--especially when, after she had been awed into accepting hiiven her no token of love,--'pas un baiser!' Didon suggested that such was the ith English lords She herself had preferred Lord Nidderdale, but had been willing to join in the present plan,--as she said, from devoted affection to Marie Marie went on to say that Nidderdale was ugly, and that Sir Felix was as beautiful as the usted that such considerations should prevail Didon had learned in some indistinct way that Lord Nidderdale would be a marquis and would have a castle, whereas Sir Felix would never be more than Sir Felix, and, of his oould never have anything at all She had striven with her mistress, but her mistress liked to have a will of her own Didon no doubt had thought that New York, with £50 and other perquisites in hand, ht offer her a new career She had therefore yielded, but even now could hardly forbear froust at the folly of her ood hu to a distant continent,--and her lover would be with her! She gave Didon to understand that she cared nothing for marquises