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The questions poured forth froer about brother, sister and home, were answered kindly and fully over the breakfast-table; but as if Harriet had turned that page in her life, and expected Aurelia to have done the saotten that! What a memory you have, child!"

She wanted lebe of Rundell Canonicorum, and of how many servants and cows she should keep, and showed herself alht her back to Carene had finished his Comenius, and if the speckled hen had hatched many chickens, whether Pal, or if the Major's letter to Vienna had produced any tidings of Nannerl's relation Harriet seemed only to be able to reply by an effort ofon the luxuries at alderman Arden's, and the deference hich she had been treated, in contrast to the indignity of Lady Bela to find that her father had heard nothing from my Lady about the settle?" asked Mr Arden, who had been silent all this time

"Certainly, in a letter to me"

"I recommend you to keep it carefully until Mr Wayland's return," said Mr Arden: "he will see justice done to you"

"Poor Mr Wayland! When he does return, I pity hi his lady to herself Have you ever seen the gallant colonel, sister?"

"Never"

"Ah! most like he is not much at Bowstead But do not folk talk there?"

"My dear," said Mr Arden, "you would do well to imitate your honoured father's discretion on certain points"

"Bless ht you were in a brown study" She winked at Aurelia as if to intimate that she meant to continue the subject in his absence, and went on; "I assure you, I had to be on the alert all the way to take care he looked at the sign-posts, or we ht have been at York by this tientleo to some correspondents of his who are Fellows of the Royal Society I took it for granted they must be friends of his Majesty or of the Prince of Wales at the least, and would have had hiown and cassock; but la! it was only a set of old doctors and philosophers, and he wished to knohathe desired in London, and the other was to hear that crazy Parson Wesley preach a ser!"