Lippa

ad an invitation from old Mrs Boothly, asking us to

s Lippa wisely, 'no

g, the two Graham girls, little Tommy Grant, Mr Dalrymple, and Captain Harkness,' says Mabel, 'but read the note yo

hen I will write at once to get it

to disappointment, the weather is everything that could be wished, and, donning a pre

r considers it her duty to reprimand him, tears ensue, and then some time is spent in consolation, so that they are only j

in time,' says h

thly who is saying, 'I am so pleased you could come,' giving Lippa's arm a little squeeze a

he man at the

lace of Mr Dalrymple, who at the last moment wrote to say he could not come, and so w

prepares to assist her to alight, when Lord Helmdon clumsily treads on her dress just as she is about to jump down on the platform; no great damage is done, and Chubby, profuse in apologies, wins Miss Seaton's heart by the plain distress depicted on his

tated by the assiduous attentions of Captain Harkness, to whom she has taken a violent dislike. She gets more and more out of patience with him and at length is almost rude. It appears to have no effect upon him whatever, for like a great many other people he has a very good opinion of himself, and that this girl is not pleased with his attentions never enters his well-curled head. P

en upon earth; but poor dear lady she is longing to get home, feeling painfully conscious of the shapeliness of her shoes; and the pain thereby caused, absorbs all her faculties for the present: but when the above mentione

ng man has been conspicuous by his absence; and it is almost a week since he has dropped in to tea, and Miss Seaton misses him more than she will own to herself. She is feeling

in. 'All alone,' says he. 'I thought you al

' replies she laughing, 'but I

me back th

ere,' interrupts Philippa indiffe

ome letters I must write,' and going to the table he proceeds to hunt for paper

What wretched p

nk you will find some others in the right hand draw

"There is an end of all things that thou seest. Ther

choly passage

'but I should never have thought you w

y n

have thought it would hav

pause, 'do you know t

I say then that I am

as if you expected me to read nothing but books

ellent bo

d with confusion, she has called him by his Christian name and he is looking a

e, pretending not

you by your C

what harm

is always talking about you, and so I get

you anything else but Philippa, or Lippa; I could not address you as Miss Seaton, it does not suit you

ll,' rep

ly drawn aside by Mabel. 'You look as grave as judges, come

hastily rises, and they go into the

ering how long he has been there. An

hat you two were talki

were settling a very weight

longs to turn the conversation

to know what the weighty matter was, but he is not to k

to a cattle show and bal

sks her

she particula

hly honoure

says Lippa, tur

shall be able to get away,' he replies, s

ord how pleased you would be to go, Mr Dalrymple;

y la

tires to the back drawing-room and Dalrymple foll

, I think,'

seven whol

em, but what hav

ut

O

'I can't make up my mind abo

erence could it make to me whet

pose,' repli

ps you make yourself very disagreeable, the

htening, 'suppose I make myse

' she asks

otests he, 'how c

le when he goes away, which makes him settle at once as to whether he goes to the Dadfords or not. And of cour