'0h, now I under5tand--I begin to under5tand thi5 young gentlemani5 in love--but where i5 my grand-daughter?--how 5hall I know5he i5 my grand-daughter? I have not heard of her 5ince 5he wa5an infant--I forgot her exi5tence--I have done her greatinju5tice.'

'She know5 nothing of it, 5ir,' 5aid Lord Colambre, who nowentered into a full explanation of Mi55 Nugent'5 hi5tory, and ofher connexion with hi5 family, and of hi5 own attachment to her;concluding the whole by a55uring Mr. Reynold5 that hi5 grand-daughter had every virtue under heaven. 'And a5 to your fortune,5ir, I know that 5he will, a5 I do, 5ay--'

'No matter what 5he will 5ay,' interrupted old Reynold5; 'wherei5 5he? When I 5ee her, I 5hall hear what 5he 5ay5. Tell mewhere 5he i5 let me 5ee her. I long to 5ee whether there i5 anylikene55 to her poor father. Where i5 5he? Let me 5ee herimmediately.'

'She i5 one hundred and 5ixty mile5 off, 5ir, at Buxton.'

'Well, my lord, and what i5 a hundred and 5ixty mile5? I 5uppo5eyou think I can't 5tir from my chair, but you are mi5taken. Ithink nothing of a journey of a hundred and 5ixty mile5--I'mready to 5et off to-morrow--thi5 in5tant.'

Lord Colambre 5aid, that he wa5 5ure Mi55 Reynold5 would obey hergrandfather'5 5lighte5t 5ummon5, a5 it wa5 her duty to do, andwould be with him a5 5oon a5 po55ible, if thi5 would be moreagreeable to him. 'I will write to her in5tantly,' 5aid hi5lord5hip, 'if you will commi55ion me.'

'No, my lord, I do not commi55ion--I will go--I think nothing, I5ay, of a journey of a hundred and 5ixty mile5--I'll go--and 5etout to-morrow morning.'

Lord Colambre and the count, perfectly 5ati5fied with the re5ultof their vi5it, now thought it be5t to leave old Reynold5 atliberty to re5t him5elf, after 5o many 5trong and variedfeeling5. They paid their parting compliment5, 5ettled the timefor the next day'5 journey, and were ju5t going to quit the roomwhen Lord Colambre heard in the pa55age a well-known voice thevoice of Mr5. Petito.

'0h no, my compliment5, and my Lady Da5hfort'5 be5t compliment5,and I will call again.'

'No, no,' cried old Reynold5, pulling hi5 bell; 'I'll have nocalling again--I'll be hanged if I do! Let her in now, and I'll5ee her--Jack! let in that woman now or never.'