"Godfrey, stay where you are.

Mamma, there is not the least reason to be alarmed about me.

Clack, you're dying to hear the end of it--I won't faint, expressly to oblige YOU." Those were the exact words she used--taken down in my diary the moment I got home.

But, oh, don't let us judge! My Christian friends, don't let us judge! She turned once more to Mr.Godfrey.With an obstinacy dreadful to see, she went back again to the place where she had checked herself, and completed her question in these words: "I spoke to you, a minute since, about what people were saying in certain quarters.

Tell me plainly, Godfrey, do they any of them say that Mr.Luker's valuable gem is--the Moonstone ?" As the name of the Indian Diamond passed her lips, I saw a change come over my admirable friend.