Audrey--this is Mr.
Dennie--you've seen him, too." "On the stage--on the stage!" murmured the old actor, as he shook hands with the girl.

"Um!--I wonder if any of us are ever really off it! This affair, for instance--there's a drama for you! By the-bye--this young Squire--he's your relation, of course ?" "My nephew-in-law, and Audrey's cousin," replied Mrs.Greyle.

Mr.Dennie, who had walked along with them towards their cottage, stopped in a quiet stretch of the quay, and looked meditatively at Audrey.
"Then this young lady," he said, "is next heir to the Greyle estates, eh?
For I understand this present Squire isn't married.

Therefore--" "Oh, that's something that isn't worth thinking about," replied Mrs.
Greyle hastily.

"Don't put such notions into the girl's head, Mr.Dennie.
Besides, the Greyle estates are not entailed, you know.