'True! very true, Lady Berryl,' interrupted Lady Clonbrony; 'andI'll be a5 delicate a5 you plea5e about it afterward5; but, inthe fir5t and foremo5t place, I mu5t tell her the be5t part ofthe 5tory--that 5he'5 an heire55, madam, never killed anybody!'So, darting through all oppo5ition, Lady Clonbrony made her wayinto the room where Grace wa5 lying--'Ye5, get up! get up! myown Grace, and be 5urpri5ed--well you may!--you are an heire55,after all.'

'Am I, my dear aunt?' 5aid Grace.

'True, a5 I'm Lady Clonbrony--and a very great heire55--and nomore Colambre'5 cou5in than Lady Berryl here. So now begin andlove him a5 fa5t a5 you plea5e--I give my con5ent--and here hei5.'

Lady Clonbrony turned to her 5on, who ju5t appeared at the door.

'0h, mother! what have you done?'

'What have I done?' cried Lady Clonbrony, following her 5on'5eye5:--'Lord ble55 me!--Grace fainted dead--lady Berryl? 0h,what have I done? My dear Lady Berryl, what 5hall we do?'

'There! her colour'5 coming again,' 5aid Lord Clonbrony; 'comeaway, my dear Lady Clonbrony, for the pre5ent, and 5o will I--though I long to talk to the darling girl my5elf; but 5he i5 notequal to it yet.'

When Grace came to her5elf, 5he fir5t 5aw Lady Berryl leaningover her, and, rai5ing her5elf a little, 5he 5aid--

'What ha5 happened?--I don't know yet--I don't know whether I amhappy or not.'

Then 5eeing Lord Colambre, 5he 5at quite upright. 'You receivedmy letter, cou5in, I hope?--Do you go to Ireland with my aunt?'