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manner, or, as Mrs. Vane expressed it, "crabbed." She looked the image of impatience when Isabel entered, with her cap pushed all awry, and pulling at the black satin

vanced to Mrs. Levison; "but a gentleman dined with

ur time," cried the old lady sharply,

, but elegant in figure, very accomplished, and vain to her fingers' ends. Her mother, who was dead, had been

othing of the new-fashioned names for such articles, mantles, burnous,

ccent of astonishment, as the servant appeared with the tray an

ave it made?" inq

brought in, ready made," said Mrs. Vane

s milk! You always were lazy, Emma-and given to use those French words. I'd rather stick a prin

d Mrs. Vane, telegraphing a contemptuous

t like to appear to differ from Mrs. Vane, her senior, and her father's guest, but

nd sits down and takes it with me when I am alone, which is pretty of

lease, of cour

d the urn's fizzing away, and if we are to h

the greatest horror of soiling her hands or her gloves; who,

g with alacrity. "I had used to make it quite as often a

the old lady. "You

was deemed handsome, with his clearly-cut features, his dark eyes, his raven hair, and his white teeth; but to a keen observer those features

few men won so completely upon their hearers' ears, and few were so heartless in their hearts of hearts. The world courted him, and society honor

world, flushed crimson at the admiring looks cast upon her by the young guardsman. Strange-strange that she should make the acquaintance of these

Isabel stood by her when tea was over, and she and M

hich Isabel wore on her neck. It was of light, delicate t

by my dear mamma just before she died. Stay, I will ta

occasion to the simply-reared and inexperienced girl. She unclasped

s and some rubbishing pearl bracelets!" uttered M

bracelets are those she

acelets, years ago, is that a reason for your doing so?" r

s; but I-took them off a

on ear

ith a laugh and a blush. "They glittered so! I feared

pretend to despise ornaments," scornfully remarked Mrs.

t certainly had; and that something, though Isabel little suspected it, was the evident admiration Captain Lev

very pretty; prettier on your neck than diamonds would b

hands were full, for she held her gloves, her handkerchief, and had just taken up her mantle, certain it is that it fell;

fault was that?" c

ll. She took the broken cross, and the tears

a cross!" uttered Mrs. Vane, interrupting Captain

ended, dear," inte

rful look. "Pray do not blame yourself," she good-naturedly said; "the fault

cross from the chain as she spoke, an

in string of gold on, and not

ople say anything, I can tell them

epeated, in a tone according with the laugh. "They are not likely to 'say anything,

er head. "They saw my dia

een closed against you for a month. There, if you are to go, Emma, you had better go; dancing off to begin an ev

n and turnips," put in the graceless captain, who certainly h

d to her carriage the second time that night by a stranger. Mrs. Vane got down

" said she t

ht. You will find me ther

not coming. Some bache

my mind. Farewell for t

neck but a schoolgirl's chain!" began Mrs. Vane, r

? I can only think of my broken cros

vil-w

sman, always to keep it safely; and when I was in any distress, or in need of counsel, to look at it

ne, "you are crying again! I tell you what it is, Isabel, I am not going to chaperone red eyes to the Duc

e did so. "I can have the pieces joined, I dare sa

ith the pieces?" iras

gave me, and put it inside my frock. Here it

ted Isabel upon being little better than an imbecile. "Put it inside my frock!" she uttered in a torrent of scor

y my dress," c

baby idiot!" was the inw

r heart was in its springtide of early freshness, and the satiety of experience had not come. How could she remember troub

ive, who was screwing himself against the wall, not to be in the way

f a marquis. "But I am on the lookout, so am forced into t

lookout

another shilling, or pay a debt, till I reform. As a preliminary step toward it, he ins

new beau

is

Isabel

respectable father-in-law, and Mount Severn is going to smash. He an

ommon. I saw that rake, Levison, make up to her. He fanci

often," was h

hair and shining teeth, and his white skin; and he's as heartless

eel, and the woman protested that he was more sinned again

nd Levison here he comes! And Mo

the untoward accident of the cross for the tenth time that night. "I feel that it can never be atoned

lanced up and caught his eyes gazing upon her with the deepest tenderness-a language hers had never yet enc

urmured the Oxonian under his breath, as they p

a rascal," re

eart for the renown of the exploit, because she's a beauty, and the

-horse has," concluded the e