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As he does so the audience again becoests detestation of the one that hands it, and that her sreat eyes lose their happy light of a moment before

Sir Adrian sees all this too, but persuades hi another part--the part shown him by Mrs Talbot His eyes are blinded by jealousy; he can not see the purity and truth reflected in hers; he misconstrues the pained expression that of late has saddened her face

For the last few days, ever since her allery, she has been timid and reserved with Sir Adrian, and has endeavored to avoid his society She is oppressed with the thought that he has read her secret love for him, and seeks, by an assumed coldness of demeanor and a studied avoidance of him, to induce him to believe himself mistaken

But Sir Adrian is only rendered ht that probably Mrs Talbot has told Florence of his discovery of her attach her with her duplicity, and so makes strenuous efforts to keep herself apart froht, when the play has co-roo her to offer the congratulations on her success that he would have showered upon her in a happier hour

Florence, feeling lonely and depressed, having listlessly subown for a pale blue ball-dress of satin and pearls--as dancing is to succeed the earlier aoes silently down-stairs, but, instead of pursuing her way to the ball-roo has already cohted antechae

From a distance the sweet strains of a German waltz come softly to her ears There is deep sadness and melancholy in the music that attunes itself to her own sorrowful reflections Presently the tears steal down her cheeks She feels lonely and neglected, and, burying her head in the cushions of the lounge, sobs aloud

She does not hear the hasty approach of footsteps until they stop close beside her, and a voice that itation-"Florence--Miss Delmaine--what has happened? What has occurred to distress you?"

Sir Adrian is bending over her, evidently in deep distress himself As she starts, he places his ar posture; this he does so gently that, as she remembers all she has heard, and his cousin's assurance that he has aled himself to another, her tears flow afresh By a supreme effort, however, she controls herself, and says, in a faint voice-"I am very foolish; it was the heat, I suppose, or the nervousness of acting before soyou will not remember it, Sir Adrian, or speak of it to any one"