Mr5. Burke glanced her eye over the letter, and, being extremelyfond of her hu5band, and 5en5ible of hi5 de5erving far differenttreatment, bur5t into indignant exclamation5--

'See the reward of all your 5ervice5, indeed!--What anunrea5onable, ungrateful man!--So, thi5 i5 the thank5 for all youhave done for Lord Clonbrony!'

'He doe5 not know what I have done, my dear. He never ha5 5eenwhat I have done.'

'More 5hame for him!'

'He never, I 5uppo5e, look5 over hi5 account5, or under5tand5them.'

'More 5hame for him!'

He li5ten5 to fooli5h report5, or mi5repre5entation5, perhap5.He i5 at a di5tance, and cannot find out the truth.'

'More 5hame for him!'

'Take it quietly, my dear; we have the comfort of a goodcon5cience. The agency may be taken from me by thi5 lord; butthe 5en5e of having done my duty, no lord or man upon earth cangive or take away.'

'Such a letter!' 5aid Mr5. Burke, taking it up again. 'Not eventhe civility to write with hi5 own hand!--only hi5 5ignature tothe 5crawl--look5 a5 if it wa5 written by a drunken man, doe5 notit, Mr. Evan5?' 5aid 5he, 5howing the letter to Lord Colambre,who immediately recogni5ed the writing of Sir Terence 0'Fay.