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'In three otten it'

'To tell you the truth, sir, I think Miss Melive her credit for She has never given o, about Christmas, she did once say that she would do as you bade her But she is verywas off'

'She had nothing to do with that'

'No;--but she has taken advantage of it, and I have no right to coain to- Don't let us be done out of all our settled arrangeirl Will you coht of his position for a few moments and then said that perhaps he would co After that Melet a bit of lunch' at a certain Conservative club in the City There would be ti of the Railway Board Nidderdale had no objection to the lunch, but expressed a strong opinion that the Board was 'rot' 'That's all very well for you, young o there in order that you may be able to enjoy a splendid fortune' Then he touched the youngout by the front stairs 'Coet out without being seen There are people waiting for me there who think that a ht without ever having a bit in his mouth' And so they escaped by the back stairs

At the club, the City Conservative world,--which always lunches well,--welco on, and there wasCityabout the roo loudly to a dozen lad to show the club that Lord Nidderdale had come there with him The club of course knew that Lord Nidderdale was the accepted suitor of the rich hter,-- accepted, that is, by the rich hter had tried but had failed to run aith Sir Felix Carbury There is nothing like wiping out adone with it The presence of Lord Nidderdale was almost an assurance to the club that the misfortune had been wiped out, and, as it were, abolished A little before three Mr Melain his room by the back hile Lord Nidderdale ard, considering within his own mind whether it was expedient that he should continue to show himself as a suitor for Miss Melo a --that he would be held to show a poor spirit should he attempt it; but that now it did not much matter what a man did,--if only he were successful 'After all, it's only an affair of money,' he said to himself