So they foolishly consented, and went with him to Hammersmith, where they left the river and walked some distance with him.

He left them in a road somewhere in West Kensington, and came back after about fifteen minutes with a little girl.

He actually presented her to Marian and Elinor as a member of the family whom they, as a matter of course, would like to know." "Well, _such_ a thing to do! And what happened ?" "Marian seems to have thought of nothing but the prettiness of the unhappy child.

She gravely informed me that she forgave Marmaduke everything when she saw how he doted on it.

Elinor has always shewn a disposition to defend him----" "She is full of perversity, and always was." "-- --and this incident did not damage his credit with _her_.