d, for the morning after his father had received his communication, Sir Peter had said to L

" said Lady Chillingly. "Ha

course he sends you his

ellow? Has

s mind. If so we must do what we can to re

ept," added her Ladyship, reflectively, "that I d

lingly Gordon,

nsible young man. How different from that disagreeab

Chillingly blood in him. How the Chillinglys ever gav

on't be metaphysical. You

can never interpret by my brain. There are a great many puzzl

I suppose Kenelm is to have his old

will be all their lives. Only think

re generally very expensive, and bring u

isite of genius. I am not by any means sure that Kenelm has genius, but there is no doubt that he has the first requisite of genius,-heart. Heart is a very perplexing, wayward, irrational thing; and that perhaps accounts for the general incapacity to comprehend genius, while any fool can compreh

hillingly to herself when left alone. "But he does not

n for many months, and then consulted that functionary as to the adaptation of some dress of hers, too costly to be l

ich Kenelm arrived at

d this letter from

aloft and pray there for the life of poor Jack; namely, of the government he leaves below. In accepting the peerage, which I persuaded him to do,-creates a vacancy fo

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rtly genuine, partly assumed, "You cannot guess all that the realization of your good-wishes would be. Once in the House of

certain of your success as

sumption, do you think I could come to you and say, 'There is an object of ambition dearer to me than power and office,-the hope of attainin

nditions. I am neither potentate nor /parvenu/ enough for that; and I can never forget" (here every muscle in the man's face twitched) "that I myself married for love, and was so happy. How happy Heaven only knows! Still, if you had thus spoken a few weeks ago, I should not have replied very favourably to your question. But

had no suspicion that it was given to another. And he was much too clever no

et dared to utter to Miss Travers a word that would prepare her even to harbour a thought of me as a suitor. And I

ion first; meanwhile, at all e

resolved not indeed to risk a formal declaration,

antage of having gained the approval of the father was too great to be lost altogether, by one of those decided

ar with me her good-wishes as well as yours. T

ned in Mrs. Campion, and within an hour was on his road to London, passing on his way the train that bore Kenelm to Ex

sired," said he to himself, "because

ted a great excitement in that quiet circle