shaw shall e. see that a room, or whatever she wants, is got readyfor her by to-morrow night. i\"ll take care she es.\"

accordingly mr. bell wrote a letter, which mrs. shaw declared, withmany tears, to he so like one of the dear general\"s when he was going tohāve a fit of the gout, that she should always value and preserve it. if hehad given her the option, by requesting or urging her, as if a refusalwere possible, she might not hāve e--true and sincere as was hersympathy with margaret. it needed the sharp uncourteous mand tomake her conquer her vis inertiae, and allow herself to be packed by hermaid, after the latter had pleted the boxes. edith, all cap, shawls,and tears, came out to the top of the stairs, as captain lennox was

taking her mother down to the carriage:

\"don\"t forget, mamma; margaret must e and live with us. sholtowill go to oxford on wednesday, and you must send word by mr. bellto him when we\"re to expect you. and if you want sholto, he can go onfrom oxford to milton. don\"t forget, mamma; you are to bring backmargaret.\"

edith re-entered the drawing-room. mr. henry lennox was there,cutting open the pages of a new review. without lifting his head, hesaid, \"if you don\"t like sholto to be so long absent from you, edith, ihope you will let me go down to milton, and give what assistance i can.\"

\"oh, thank you,\" said edith, \"i dare say old mr. bell will do everythinghe can, and more help may not be needed. only one does not look formuch sāvoir-faire from a resident fellow. dear, darling margaret! won\"tit be nice to hāve her here, again? you were both great allies, yearsago.\"

\"were we?\" asked he indifferently, with an appearance of beinginterested in a passage in the review.

\"well, perhaps not--i forget. i was so full of sholto. but doesn\"t it fallout well, that if my uncle was to die, it should be just now, when we aree home, and settled in the old house, and quite ready to receivemargaret? poor thing! what a change it will be to her from milton! i\"llhāve new chintz for her bedroom, and make it look new and bright, andcheer her up a little.\"

in the same spirit of kindness, mrs. shaw journeyed to milton,occasionally dreading the first meeting, and wondering how it would begot over; but more frequently planning how soon she could getmargaret away from \"that horrid place,\" and back into the pleasantforts of harley street.

\"oh dear!\" she said to her maid; \"look at those chimneys! my poor sisterhale! i don\"t think i could hāve rested at naples, if i had known what itwas! i must hāve e and fetched her and margaret away.\" and toherself she acknowledged, that she had always thought her brother-inlawrather a weak man, but never so weak as now, when she saw forwhat a place he had exchanged the lovely helstone home.

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