"So, Anne, you have actually accepted this invitation--and for Monday next ?" "Yes.

Did I do wrong ?" "What does Dr.Fenwick say?
Can Lilian go with safety ?" I could not honestly say she might not go with safety, but my heart sank like lead as I answered,-- "Miss Ashleigh does not now need merely medical care; but more than half her cure has depended on keeping her spirits free from depression.

She may miss the cheerful companionship of your daughter, and other young ladies of her own age.

A very melancholy house, saddened by a recent bereavement, without other guests; a hostess to whom she is a stranger, and whom Mrs.Ashleigh herself appears to deem formidable,--certainly these do not make that change of scene which a physician would recommend.

When I spoke of sea air being good for Miss Ashleigh, I thought of our own northern coasts at a later time of the year, when I could escape myself for a few weeks and attend her.