"then it was gratitude only that prompted you to save me."

Julia was astonished. "Why did Lord St. Orville seem so painfully disappointed, that gratitude only had actuated her exertions? What other source could he possibly wish them to spring from?" The question startled and fluttered her heart. "But no, no, it could not be that. Did she not very well know the secret of his heart's attachment; and he who loved Lady Storamond, could never love another."

But now the powers of both, for conversation, were destroyed, and silently and thoughtfully they pursued their walk together, until they met Leslie come in quest of Lord St. Orville, whom Lord Delamore was now become extremely anxious to see.

They now hastened to the castle, and Lord St. Orville was soon clasped in the arms of his agitated father; and this interview of affection and gratitude proved (as Lord St. Orville expected) a most affecting one.

The moment Lady Delamore quitted her chamber, she proceeded to that of her now

confessedly adoring husband-she found him arisen, and no symptom of cold or illness hanging about him, and altogether so well, that he purposed dining with the family this day.

Ladies Hollowell and Selina (unwilling to yield even the small tattered shred of hope they still wilfully retained of their plots at length proving successful) at an early hour placed themselves in the antichamber of Lord Delamore's apartments : but his lordship made plausible excuses for not admitting them, until joined by his wife and son, when he requested the honour of seeing them.

Lady Selina attempted her long accustomed fawning caresses; but a frigid look from Lord Delamore repelled them. In this interview he was calm and collected ; but full of lofty, awing grandeur of deportment. The associates in art were highly disconcerted, fully convinced that their projects were, for the present at least, demolished." The unfortunate events of Lord St. Orville, so resolutely hazarding his own life, to save his father's; and Lady Delamore

fainting, in a fit of jealousy, having placed them now, firmly in the heart of this (in their opinion) versatile man," and secretly rejoiced were they both when they received a summons from Lady Ennerdale to set out upon a morning excursion.

And now, Lady Delamore, leaving her son with his father, hastened to the apartments of our heroine, again to pour forth her thanks for the preservation of her husband and her child; and for all that happiness she had been the means of leading her to; charged too with a request from Lord Delamore, that Julia would visit him; but with this request our heroine, most unexpectedly, refused to comply.

"For, dear Lady Delamore," she added, though your melting thanks, and those from Lord St. Orville, have been much overpowering for me, they came so great deal kind and tender; yet still the pain they made was pleasure too; but I should recoil from the speak of Lord Delamore's acknowledgments now;-given by justice, for my claim. The thanks of friendship to friendship must flow in sweetness.-Our thanks to the

bad miscreant, who has service done us, has not the incense from heart to heart in it; for though we own the obligation to him, we still have feel of his unworthiness. Our thanks are then much pain for us to give; ungracious to him for to receive; since he must the knowledge have, they come reluctantly without esteem.

"Now am I in the thought of Lord Delamore, the much bad miscreant, for duplicity, imprudence, indecorum, and many, great deal, evil things. I will not pain make for him; I will not pain to myself give by heartless ceremony. It is my ardent wish, that at dinner we meet, as if never at all yesterday had been;-but to make ease for the mind of Lord Delamore, (in much burden of unacknowledged obligation) tell for him, to lay out of principal and interest all, in a very, great, large stock of affection for me against good time shall come, to say for him, Julia De Clifford is not unworthy of his regard."

But, my sweet, beloved Julia," replied Lady Delamore, much affected by her discriminating delicacy, my lord waits not for

time future, to know you are worthy of his highest estimation, for time past, time present, have incontestibly proved that fact; and my lord feels the most firm conviction of your being vilely calumniated; for fully has he discovered the baseness of your accusers."

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Julia!" continued her ladyship, tears of piety glistening in her beautiful and expressive eyes, those whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth.'-Now firmly, and for ever (I trust) in the full confidence, as well as cherished in the tenderest affection of my husband, with two such inestimable children, as my Alfred, and poor Theodosia, with every hope, that the wishes which I have formed for the sure and perfect happiness of my son will be fortunately realized and in full certainty, that time will conquer Theodosia's present affliction (since hers is not a disposition long to nourish grief), and that, at some distant period, I shall see her in full promise of every happiness, united to the inestimable De Leslie; this world would be too much of heaven for me, and I should cease to think of a better, was