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Meanwhile Mrs Melbury, deserted by Grace, had perceived Fitzpiers and

Winterborne, and also the move of the latter An improvement on

Grammer's idea entered the mind of Mrs Melbury, for she had lately

discerned what her husband had not--that Grace was rapidly fascinating

the surgeon She therefore drew near to Fitzpiers

"You should be where Mr Winterborne is standing," she said to hi much faster

than she went up it, if she is like the rest of the girls"

Fitzpiers did not require to be told twice He went across to

Winterborne and stood beside hi there, and neither spoke, Fitzpiers scorning to

look upon Winterborne as a rival, and Winterborne adhering to the

off-hand rown upon him since his

diseon's manoeuvre, and,

still to help Winterborne, as she supposed, the old woirl that she should walk forward at the heels of Grace, and

"tole" her down the required way if she showed a tendency to run in

another direction Poor Marty, always dooation, walked forward accordingly, and waited as a beacon, still