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"A peevish child! I aood, erly

"Is she your favourite?"

"I try not to make favourites, madam"

"Ah! there spoke the true Manor House tone," said her Ladyship, rather ly "Maybe she will be a wit, for she will never be a beauty, but the other little one will come on in due tiood, affectionate child," said Aurelia "Only---"

"Reserve that for nurse, so please you, ood manners now and then You have had other recreations--shall I call them, or cares? I never supposed, when I sent you here to attend on the children, that the hermit of Bowstead would summon you! I assure you it is an extraordinary honour"

"I so estee

"More honour than pleasure, eh?"

"A great pleasure,blue eyes were keenly scanning themaid like you would have had the dis near his dark charaine--DL] to look forward to it"

"I was affrighted at first, ood and kind to ly enjoy the hours I spend with him"

"La, child, you speak armth! We shall have you enamoured of a voice like the youth they make sonnets about--what's his name?"

"Narcissus, madam," said Aurelia, put out of countenance by the banter

"Oh, you are learned Is Mr Bela before!"

"He gave it to me yesterday," faltered Aurelia, "in case you should intend to take ain I hope I was not wrong in accepting it, , little fool, assuredly not," said n of victory Why, child, you have made a conquest worthy of--let me see You, or the wits, could tell me who it was that stormed the very den of Cocytus and bore off the spoil!"

Aurelia liked the tone too little to supply the names; yet she felt flattered; but she said quietly, "I a him"