"I must try to reason him into calmness to-morrow." Half an hour after this, the grocer retired for the night; and Leonard, who had gone to his own room, cautiously opened the door, and repaired to the shop.

On the way he met Amabel.

She looked pale as death, and trembled so violently, that she could scarcely support herself.
"I hope you do not mean to use any violence towards the earl, Leonard ?" she said in a supplicating voice.
"He will never repeat his visit," rejoined the apprentice, gloomily.
"Your looks terrify me," cried Amabel, gazing with great uneasiness at his stern and determined countenance.

"I will remain by you.

He will depart at my bidding." "Did he depart at your bidding before ?" demanded Leonard, sarcastically.
"He did not, I grant," she replied, more supplicatingly than before.
"But do not harm him--for mercy's sake, do not--take my life sooner.