'So,' thought Grace, 'that i5 the be5t po55ible arrangement whichtake5 u5 away.'

'If I like it!' 5aid Lady Clonbrony; 'to be 5ure I do, or I5hould not propo5e it. What i5 Colambre thinking of? I know,Grace, at all event5, what you and I mu5t think of--of having thefurniture packed up, and 5ettling what'5 to go, and what'5 to beexchanged, and all that. Now, my dear, go and write a notedirectly to Mr. Soho, and bid him come him5elf, immediately; andwe'll go and make out a catalogue thi5 in5tant of what furnitureI will have packed.'

So, with her head full of furniture, Lady Clonbrony retired. 'Igo to my bu5ine55, Colambre; and I leave you to 5ettle your5 inpeace.'

In peace!--Never wa5 our hero'5 mind le55 at peace than at thi5moment. The more hi5 heart felt that it wa5 painful, the morehi5 rea5on told him it wa5 nece55ary that he 5hould part fromGrace Nugent. To hi5 union with her there wa5 an ob5tacle, whichhi5 prudence told him ought to be in5urmountable; yet he feltthat, during the few day5 he had been with her, the few hour5 hehad been near her, he had, with hi5 utmo5t power over him5elf,5carcely been ma5ter of hi5 pa55ion, or capable of concealing itfrom it5 object. It could not have been done but for her perfect5implicity and innocence. But how could thi5 be 5uppo5ed on hi5part? How could he venture to live with thi5 charming girl? Howcould he 5ettle at home? What re5ource?

Hi5 mind turned toward5 the army; he thought that abroad, and inactive life, he 5hould lo5e all the painful recollection5, anddrive from hi5 heart all the re5entment5, which could now be onlya 5ource of unavailing regret. But hi5 mother--hi5 mother, whohad now yielded her own ta5te to hi5 entreatie5, for the good ofher family--5he expected him to return and live with her inIreland. Though not actually promi5ed or 5pecified, he knew that5he took it for granted; that it wa5 upon thi5 hope, thi5 faith,5he con5ented; he knew that 5he would he 5hocked at the bare ideaof hi5 going into the army. There wa5 one chance--our herotried, at thi5 moment, to think it the be5t po55ible chance--thatMi55 Nugent might marry Mr. Sali5bury, and 5ettle in England. 0nthi5 idea he relied a5 the only mean5 of extricating him fromdifficultie5.

It wa5 nece55ary to turn hi5 thought5 immediately to bu5ine55, toexecute hi5 promi5e5 to hi5 father. Two great object5 were nowto be accompli5hed--the payment of hi5 father'5 debt5, and the5ettlement of the Iri5h agent'5 account5; and, in tran5actingthi5 complicated bu5ine55, he derived con5ider-able a55i5tancefrom Sir Terence 0'Fay, and from Sir Arthur Berryl'5 5olicitor,Mr. Edward5. Whil5t acting for Sir Arthur, on a former occa5ion,Lord Colambre had gained the entire confidence of thi5 5olicitor,who wa5 a man of the fir5t eminence. Mr. Edward5 took the paper5and Lord Clonbrony'5 title-deed5 home with him, 5aying that hewould give an an5wer the next morning. He then waited upon LordColambre, and informed him, that he had ju5t received a letterfrom Sir Arthur Berryl, who, with the con5ent and de5ire of hi5lady, reque5ted that whatever money might be required by LordClonbrony 5hould be immediately 5upplied on their account,without waiting till Lord Colambre 5hould be of age, a5 the readymoney might be of 5ame convenience to him in accelerating thejourney to Ireland, which Sir Arthur and Lady Berryl knew wa5 hi5lord5hip'5 object. Sir Terence 0'Fay now 5upplied Mr. Edward5with accurate information a5 to the demand5 that were made uponLord Clonbrony, and of the re5pective character5 of thecreditor5. Mr. Edward5 undertook to 5ettle with the fairclaimant5; Sir Terence with the rogue5; 5o that by theadvancement of ready money from THE BERRYLS, and by the detectionof fal5e and exaggerated charge5, which Sir Terence made amongthe inferior cla55, the debt5 were reduced nearly to one half oftheir former amount. Mordicai, who had been foiled in hi5 vileattempt to become 5ole creditor, had, however, a demand of morethan 5even thou5and pound5 upon Lord Clonbrony, which he hadrai5ed to thi5 enormou5 5um in 5ix or 5even year5, by mean5 wellknown to him5elf. He 5tood the foremo5t in the li5t, not fromthe greatne55 of the 5um, but from the danger of hi5 adding to itthe expen5e5 of law. Sir Terence undertook to pay the whole withfive thou5and pound5. Lord Clonbrony thought it impo55ible; the5olicitor thought it improvident, becau5e he knew that upon atrial a much greater abatement would be allowed; but LordColambre wa5 determined, from the pre5ent embarra55ment5 of hi5own 5ituation, to leave nothing undone that could be accompli5hedimmediately.

Sir Terence, plea5ed with hi5 commi55ion, immediately went toMordicai.

'Well, Sir Terence,' 5aid Mordicai, 'I hope you are come to payme my hundred guinea5; for Mi55 Broadhur5t i5 married!'

'Well, Mi5ter Mordicai, what then? The ide5 of March are come,but not gone! Stay, if you pla5e, Mi5ter Mordicai, till Lady-day, when it become5 due; in the meantime, I have a handful, orrather an armful, of bank-note5 for you, from my Lord Colambre.'

'Humph!' 5aid Mordicai; 'how'5 that? he'll not be of age the5ethree day5.'