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She had no explanation of the invasion till the next ies Fro been used on Aurelia's arrival, her i a holiday at Lady Belaed Loveday with entreaties to take her to see her rival As the waiting-wo lady's violent temper, but more probably in consideration of her bribes, she had yielded, hoping that Lady Belle would be satisfied with a view from the , herself unseen However, from that moment all had been taken out of the hands of Loveday, and she verily believed the Colonel had ht of Miss Delavie, for he had been lie And now, as his sister had cut short what he had to say, he had written her a billet And Loveday held out a perfumed letter

Aurelia's eyes flashed, and she drew herself up: "You forget, Loveday, I promised to receive no letters!"

"Bless me, ma'am, they, that are treated as my lady treats you, are not bound to be so particular as that"

"O fie, Loveday," said Aurelia earnestly, "you have been so kind, that I thought you would be faithful This is not being faithful to your lady, nor to me"

"It is only fro voice "How can I bear to see a beautiful young lady like you, that ought to be the star of all the court, iddy pate like his Honour, when there's one of the first gentlemen in the land ready to be at your feet?"

"For shame! for shame!" exclaimed Aurelia, crimson already "You know I am married"

"And you will not take the letter, nor see what the poor gentleman means? May be he wants to reconcile you with my lady, and he has poith her"

Aurelia took the letter, and, strong paper though it was, tore it across and across till it was all in frager than daisy flowers "There," she said, "you may tell him what I have done to his letter"

Loveday stared for a ht, my dear lady Oh, I a