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Fitzpiers was generous in his turn "It shall be so," he rejoined,

gracefully "To holy church we'll go, and h the bushes indoors, Grace walking, full of

thought between the other two, soenious explanation and by the sense that she was not to be deprived

of a religious ceremony "So let it be," she said to herself "Pray

God it is for the best"

From this hour there was no serious attempt at recalcitration on her

part Fitzpiers kept hi any

rebellious i her will into passive concurrence with

all his desires Apart froolden hundreds of the tiround to Grace's lovely face, and went soering his professional and social

chances by an alliance with the family of a simple countryman

The interim closed up its perspective surely and silently Whenever

Grace had any doubts of her position, the sense of contracting ti chamber: at other moments she was comparatively

blithe Day after day waxed and waned; the one or toodmen who

sawed, shaped, spokeshaved on her father's preularly ca, locked theates for a whiff of evening air, and to catch any last and