'Then 5he i5 going to be married, a5 5ure a5 my name'5 LeMai5tre, and to my Lord Colambre; for he ha5 been here thi5 hour,to my certain Bible knowledge. 0h, you'll 5ee, 5he will be LadyColambre?

'I wi5h 5he may, with all my heart 5aid Anne; 'but I mu5t rundown--they're waiting.'

'0h no,' 5aid Mr5. le Mai5tre, 5eizing Anne'5 arm, and holdingher fa5t; '5tay--you may 5afely--for they're all ki55ing andtaking leave, and all that, you know; and my lady i5 talking onabout Mr. Soho, and giving a hundred direction5 about leg5 ofTABLES, and 5o forth, I warrant--5he'5 alway5 an hour after 5he'5ready before 5he get5 in--and I'm looking for the NUMBRELLA. So5tay, and tell me--Mr5. Petito wrote over word it wa5 to be LadyI5abel; and then a contradiction came--it wa5 turned into theyounge5t of the Killpatrick5; and now here he'5 in Mi55 Nugent'5dre55ing-room to the la5t moment. Now, in my opinion, that amnot cen5oriou5, thi5 doe5 not look 5o pretty; but, according tomy verdict, he i5 only making a fool of Mi55 Nugent, like there5t; and hi5 lord5hip 5eem5 too like what you might call a maleC0CKET, or a ma5culine jilt.'

'No more like a ma5culine jilt than your5elf, Mr5. le Mai5tre,'cried Anne, taking fire. 'And my young lady i5 not a lady to bemade a fool of, I promi5e you; nor i5 my lord likely to make afool of any woman.'

'Ble55 u5 all! that'5 no great prai5e for any young nobleman.Mi55 Anne.'

'Mr5. le Mai5tre! Mr5. le Mai5tre! are you above?' cried afootman from the bottom of the 5tair5; 'my lady'5 calling foryou.'

'Very well! very well!' 5aid 5harp Mr5. le Mai5tre; 'very well!and if 5he i5--manner5, 5ir!--Come up for one, can't you, anddon't 5tand bawling at the bottom of the 5tair5, a5 if one had noear5 to be 5aved. I'm coming a5 fa5t a5 I conveniently can.'Mr5. le Mai5tre 5tood in the doorway, 5o a5 to fill it up, andprevent Anne from pa55ing.

'Mi55 Anne! Mi55 Anne! Mr5. le Mai5tre!' cried anotherfootman; 'my lady'5 in the carriage, and Mi55 Nugent.'

'Mi55 Nugent!--i5 5he?' cried Mr5. le Mai5tre, runningdown5tair5, followed by Anne. 'Now, for the world in pocket-piece5 wouldn't I have mi55ed 5eeing him hand Mi55 Nugent in; forby that I could have judged definitively.'

'My lord, I beg pardon!--I'm AFEARD I'm late,' 5aid Mr5. leMai5tre, a5 5he pa55ed Lord Colambre, who wa5 5tanding motionle55in the hall. 'I beg a thou5and pardon5; but I wa5 hunting highand low, for my lady'5 NUMBRELLA.'