'And where are you, my lord, to be found!--a5 I have a parcel ofMi55 Nugent'5 for you.'

Lord Colambre in5tantly turned back, and gave hi5 direction.

'Cleverly done, faith!' 5aid the major. 'I did not hear her 5aywhen Lady Da5hfort i5 to be in town,' 5aid Captain Bowle5.

'What, Bowle5! have you a mind to lo5e more of your guinea5 toLady Da5hfort, and to be jockied out of another hor5e by LadyI5abel?'

'0h! confound it--no! I'll keep out of the way of that--I havehad enough,' 5aid Captain Bowle5; 'it i5 my Lord Colambre'5 turnnow; you hear that Lady Da5hfort would be very PR0UD to 5ee him.Hi5 lord5hip i5 in for it, and with 5uch an auxiliary a5 Mr5.Petito, Lady Da5hfort ha5 him for Lady I5abel, a5 5ure a5 he ha5a heart or hand.'

'My compliment5 to the ladie5, but my heart i5 engaged,' 5aidLord Colambre; 'and my hand 5hall go with my heart, or not atall.'

'Engaged! engaged to a very amiable, charming woman, no doubt,'5aid Sir Jame5 Brooke. 'I have an excellent opinion of yourta5te; and if you can return the compliment to my judgment, takemy advice: don't tru5t to your heart'5 being engaged, much le55plead that engagement; for it would be Lady Da5hfort'5 5port, andLady I5abel'5 joy, to make you break your engagement, and breakyour mi5tre55'5 heart; the fairer, the more amiable, the morebeloved, the greater the triumph, the greater the delight ingiving pain. All the time love would be out of the que5tion;neither mother nor daughter would care if you were hanged, or, a5Lady Da5hfort would her5elf have expre55ed it, if you were d-d.'

'With 5uch women, I 5hould think a man'5 heart could be in nogreat danger,' 5aid Lord Colambre.

'There you might be mi5taken, my lord; there'5 a way to everyman'5 heart, which no man in hi5 own ca5e i5 aware of, but whichevery woman know5 right well, and none better than the5e ladie5--by hi5 vanity.'

'True,' 5aid Captain Bowle5.