Miss Cameron will, indeed, be a treasure to her betrothed husband.

He is to be envied." "Her betrothed husband!" said Maltravers, turning very pale.
"Yes; Lord Vargrave.

Did you not know that she was engaged to him from her childhood?
It was the wish, nay, command, of the late lord, who bequeathed her his vast fortune, if not on that condition, at least on that understanding.

Did you never hear of this before ?" While Mr.Merton spoke, a sudden recollection returned to Maltravers.

He _had_ heard Lumley himself refer to the engagement, but it had been in the sick chamber of Florence,--little heeded at the time, and swept from his mind by a thousand after-thoughts and scenes.