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At sight of him in deep mourning, she started, and said, "Oh!" Then she said tenderly, "We are of one color now," and gave him her hand. He sat down beside her, not knowing how to begin. "I am not Tadcaster now. I am Earl of Miltshire." "Ah, yes; I forgot," said she indifferently. "This is my first visit to any one in that character." "Thank you." "It is an awfully important visit to me.
It was the reading of Echard's Roman History, which Gibbon met with while on a visit to Miltshire, that opened before him the historic path to distinction. Sir Walter Scott warned the young against under valuing the knowledge to be acquired at odd moments by reading and study.
While matters were so, the Earl of Miltshire, who had long been sinking, died, and Tadcaster succeeded to his honors and estates. Rosa heard of it, and, thinking it was a great bereavement, wrote him one of those exquisite letters of condolence a lady alone can write. He took it to Lady Cicely, and showed it her. She highly approved it.
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