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I could not decline the discourse; and, while the Wallingford went slowly past the Gull, I was compelled to endure the torment of hearing the Mertons mentioned, again and again, in the hearing of Lucy and Grace; on the nerves of the latter of whom I knew it must be a severe trial.

Maltravers looked grave, but made no reply. Legard resumed, with a heightened colour, "I cannot say how I regret that it is not yet in my power to discharge my debt; but " "When it is, you will do so. Pray think no more of it. Are you going to the rectory?" "No, not this morning; in fact, I leave B -shire tomorrow. Pleasant family, the Mertons." "And Miss Cameron "

But, Miles, I must quit you now, for I have an engagement to accompany a party to the theatre, and was on my way to join them when we met. Cooper plays, and you know what a lion he is; one would not wish to lose a syllable of his Othello." "Stop, Rupert one word more before we part. From your conversation, I gather that the Mertons are still here?" "The Mertons!

'Really, said Anne, 'I think the strongest proof of your beginning to grow old and stupid, is your doing such a very common-place thing, as to abuse honest gossip. There was service at St. Mary's Church on Wednesday and Friday mornings; but on this day the rain was so violent, that of all the party at the Vicarage, the Mertons, and Elizabeth, Katherine, and Helen, alone ventured to go to church.

Then she reminded herself again, elaborately, of the Mertons' disadvantages in life, painting them in imagination as black as possible. And before she had gone far with this process all doubt and distaste were once more swept away by the rush of yearning, of an interest she could not subdue, in this being of her own flesh and blood, the child of her mother's sister.

The ice was fairly broken, Maltravers was at home with the Mertons. And when he took his solitary walk to his solitary house over the little bridge, and through the shadowy wood astonished, perhaps, with himself, every one of the guests, from the oldest to the youngest, pronounced him delightful.

A portion of this I gleaned from Emily herself, and it was all very fairly corroborated by the account of the consul's clerk. There was no doubt that the Mertons were persons of respectable position; without having any claims, however, to be placed very high. From the Major, moreover, I learned he had some American connexions, his father having married in Boston.

'Why, no, I do not exactly mean that, replied Katherine, 'but there will be a great many people, and the Mertons staying here, and Rupert is always so full of fun. 'Hm m, said Helen, 'I do not suppose he will be come back from Scotland. 'And Mrs.

So careful was he, indeed, as to get one of the consul's clerks to ascertain who the Mertons were, lest I should become the dupe of the thousands of specious rogues with which London abounds.

I did not see, nor did I ask to see, my sister again, that night. I had not seen her, indeed, since the moment Rupert was discovered in company with the Mertons; and, to own the truth, I felt afraid to see her, knowing, as I did, how much her frame was apt to be affected by her mind.