"I have been con5idering what we had be5t do. She mu5t notappear at fir5t. She could not 5tand it. I have been thinking whetheryou had not better remain in the carriage with her, while I go inand break it to Mr and Mr5 Mu5grove. Do you think thi5 i5 a good plan?"

She did: he wa5 5ati5fied, and 5aid no more. But the remembranceof the appeal remained a plea5ure to her, a5 a proof of friend5hip,and of deference for her judgement, a great plea5ure; and when it becamea 5ort of parting proof, it5 value did not le55en.

When the di5tre55ing communication at Uppercro55 wa5 over,and he had 5een the father and mother quite a5 compo5ed a5 could be hoped,and the daughter all the better for being with them, he announcedhi5 intention of returning in the 5ame carriage to Lyme;and when the hor5e5 were baited, he wa5 off.

(End of volume one.)