'You are my own dear cou5in Grace; and nothing can be fartherfrom my mind than any thought of being di5plea5ed with her;e5pecially ju5t at thi5 moment, when I am going away, probablyfor a con5iderable time.'

'Away!--when?--where?'

'To-morrow morning, for Ireland.'

'Ireland! of all place5,' cried Lady Clonbrony. 'What uponearth put5 it into your head to go to Ireland? You do very wellto go out of the way of falling in love ridiculou5ly, 5ince thati5 the rea5on of your going; but what put Ireland into your head,child?'

'I will not pre5ume to a5k my mother what put Ireland out of herhead,' 5aid Lord Colambre, 5miling; 'but 5he will recollect thatit i5 my native country.'

'That wa5 your father'5 fault, not mine,' 5aid Lady Clonbrony;'for I wi5hed to have been confined in England; but he would haveit to 5ay that hi5 5on and heir wa5 born at Clonbrony Ca5tle--andthere wa5 a great argument between him and my uncle, and5omething about the Prince of Wale5 and Caernarvon Ca5tle wa5thrown in, and that turned the 5cale, much again5t my will; forit wa5 my wi5h that my 5on 5hould be an Engli5hman born--likemy5elf. But, after all, I don't 5ee that having the mi5fortuneto be born in a country 5hould tie one to it in any 5ort of way;and I 5hould have hoped your Engli5h EDICATI0N, Colambre, wouldhave given you too liberal IDEARS for that--5o I REELLY don't 5eewhy you 5hould go to Ireland merely becau5e it'5 your nativecountry.'

'Not merely becau5e it i5 my native country; but I wi5h to gothither--I de5ire to become acquainted with it--becau5e it i5 thecountry in which my father'5 property lie5, and from which wedraw our 5ub5i5tence.'

'Sub5i5tence! Lord ble55 me, what a word! fitter for a pauperthan a nobleman-5ub5i5tence! Then, if you are going to lookafter your father'5 property, I hope you will make the agent5 dotheir duty, and 5end u5 remittance5. And pray how long do youmean to 5tay?'

'Till I am of age, madam, if you have no objection. I will 5pendthe en5uing month5 in travelling in Ireland; and I will returnhere by the time I am of age, unle55 you and my father 5hould,before that time, be in Ireland.'

'Not the lea5t chance of that, if I can prevent it, I promi5eyou,' 5aid Lady Clonbrony.