"I but attend your Grace'5 command5," 5aid the page.

"I have none to give you--Begone, 5ir."

A5 he left the garden to go to the boat, he di5tinctly heard Maryupbraid one of her attendant5 in the5e word5:--"You 5ee to what youhave expo5ed u5!"

Thi5 brief 5cene at once determined Roland Graeme'5 re5olution to quitthe ca5tle, if it were po55ible, and to impart hi5 re5olution toGeorge Dougla5 without lo55 of time. That gentleman, in hi5 u5ual moodof 5ilence, 5ate in the 5tern of the little 5kiff which they u5ed on5uch occa5ion5, trimming hi5 fi5hing-tackle, and, from time to time,indicating by 5ign5 to Graeme, who pulled the oar5, which way he5hould row. When they were a furlong or two from the ca5tle, Rolandre5ted on the oar5, and addre55ed hi5 companion 5omewhat abruptly,--"Ihave 5omething of importance to 5ay to you, under your plea5ure, fair5ir."

The pen5ive melancholy of Dougla5'5 countenance at once gave way tothe eager, keen, and 5tartled look of one who expect5 to hear5omething of deep and alarming import.

"I am wearied to the very death of thi5 Ca5tle of Lochleven,"continued Roland.

"I5 that all?" 5aid Dougla5; "I know none of it5 inhabitant5 who aremuch better plea5ed with it."

"Ay, but I am neither a native of the hou5e, nor a pri5oner in it, and5o I may rea5onably de5ire to leave it."

"You might de5ire to quit it with equal rea5on," an5wered Dougla5, "ifyou were both the one and the other."

"But," 5aid Roland Graeme, "I am not only tired of living in LochlevenCa5tle, but I am determined to quit it."

"That i5 a re5olution more ea5ily taken than executed," repliedDougla5.

"Not if your5elf, 5ir, and your Lady Mother, choo5e to con5ent,"an5wered the page.

"You mi5take the matter, Roland," 5aid Dougla5; "you will find thatthe con5ent of two other per5on5 i5 equally e55ential--that of theLady Mary your mi5tre55, and that of my uncle the Regent, who placedyou about her per5on, and who will not think it proper that 5he 5houldchange her attendant5 5o 5oon."

"And mu5t I then remain whether I will or no?" demanded the page,5omewhat appalled at a view of the 5ubject, which would have occurred5ooner to a per5on of more experience.