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Love sweetest lies concealed in night--T MOORE

The Major rode up to the Great House to announce that he would only give his answer after having conferred with both his daughter and the suitor

With tears in her beautiful blue eyes, Lady Belamour demanded why her dear cousin Harry could not trust the Urania he had known all her life to decide as for the happiness of the sweet child whom she loved like her own

She made him actually feel as if it were a cruel and unmerited suspicion, but she did not over coainst iveested and all displeasureto wait till a shower of sleet and rain was over Vexation and perplexity always overset his health, and the chill, added to the that Betty knew there was no chance of his leaving his room for the next month or six weeks; and she therefore sent a polite and for that he could not attend to business

This brought upon her the honour of a visit froreat lady herself Down came the coach-and-four, and forth fronificent hoop, the first seen in those parts,spectacle, in contrast with Betty, in her close-fitting dark-grey holes, scrupulously neat and fresh, but unadorned The visit was graciously designed for "good cousin Harry," but his daughter was obliged, not unwillingly, though quite truly, to declare hi with pain and fever

"La, you there, then," said the lady, "that comes of the dear man's heat of temper I would have kept him till the storm was over but he was far too much displeased with his poor cousin to listen to me Come, cousin Betty, I know you are in all his counsels You will bring him to hear reason"

"The whole affair must wait, madam, till he is able to move"

"And if this illness be the consequence of one wet ride, how can he be in a condition to take the journey?"

"You best know, hter in so strange a manner without direct communication either with her or with the other party"