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Mr Wayland was at once called upon to go out to America to superintend the defences of the Canadian frontier, and he resolved on taking his fa there permanently He would pay all ain appear in London society, and cruel exile as it must seem to her, he trusted that his affection and tenderness would in ti as she did that he had forgiven much that had made him look like a crushed and sorrowful man in the midst of all the successes and the honours he received from his country

She remained quietly at Bowstead, and none of them saw her except her son and the Major, to the latter of whoe that she would esteem it a favour if he would come and visit her there, the day before he returned to Carood Major complied with her request, went doith Mr Wayland and spent a night at Bowstead

He found that she had accepted her fate with the good grace of a woreeable She was rather pale, and not "h more siht, as he always did whenever he came into her presence She was one of those people whose beauty is always a fresh surprise, and she was far more self-possessed than he was

"So, Cousin Harry, where a service when I sent your daughter to search a those musty old parchments I knew my father believed in the existence of soht all those hoards in Delavie House were devoid of all legal iain Besides, I always meant to settle that old house upon you"

"I have always heard so, cousin," he answered

"But it was such a mere trifle," she added, "that it never seemed worth while to set the lawyers to work about that alone, so I waited for other work to be in hand"

"There is a homely Scottish proverb, s of the muckle pot are worth the wee pot fu' A mere trifle to you is affluence to us"

"I aht she was), "you will keep up the old naives up my poor patrimony to the extortionate creditors for years to co lovers have other prospects So Harry, you see after all, I kept hter is provided for," she continued with an arch smile "Pretty creature, I find my son bears me more malice than she does for the robbery that was perpetrated on her It was too te, Harry Nature will repair her loss, but at out ti, borrow, or steal"