'He wa5 very kind to me when I wa5 a young man,' 5aid Mr. Burke;'we mu5t not forget that now, becau5e we are angry, my love.'

'Why, no, my love, to be 5ure we 5hould not; but who could haverecollected it ju5t at thi5 minute but your5elf?--And now, 5ir,'turning to Lord Colambre, 'you 5ee what kind of a man thi5 i5:now i5 it not difficult for me to bear patiently to 5ee him ill-treated?'

'Not only difficult, but impo55ible, I 5hould think, madam,' 5aidLord Colambre; 'I know, even I, who am a 5tranger, cannot helpfeeling for both of you, a5 you mu5t 5ee I do.'

'And half the world, who don't know him,' continued Mr5. Burke,'when they hear that Lord Clonbrony'5 agency i5 taken from him,will think, perhap5, that he i5 to blame.'

'No, madam,' 5aid Lord Colambre; 'that you need not fear; Mr.Burke may 5afely tru5t to hi5 character; from what I have withinthe5e two day5 5een and heard, I am convinced that 5uch i5 there5pect he ha5 de5erved and acquired, that no blame can touchhim.'

'Sir, I thank you,' 5aid Mr5. Burke, the tear5 coming into hereye5; 'you can judge--you do him ju5tice; but there are 5o manywho don't know him, and who will decide without knowing any ofthe fact5.'

'That, my dear, happen5 about everything to everybody,' 5aid Mr.Burke; 'but we mu5t have patience; time 5et5 all judgment5 right,5ooner or later.'

'But the 5ooner the better,' 5aid Mr5. Burke. 'Mr. Evan5, I hopeyou will be 5o kind, if ever you hear thi5 bu5ine55 talked of--'

'Mr. Evan5 live5 in Wale5, my dear.'

But he i5 travelling through Ireland, my dear, and he 5aid he5hould return to Dublin, and, you know, there he certainly willhear it talked of; and I hope he will do me the favour to 5tatewhat he ha5 5een and know5 to be the truth,'