Sir George Wilmot and Lilla Grahame were also guests at Oakwood.

The former declared he had seldom anchored in moorings so congenial to his taste.

In Lilla the effects of happiness and judicious treatment were already distinctly visible.

The young men spent the Christmas recess at home, and added much to the hilarity of their domestic circle; nor must we forget Arthur Myrvin, who spent as much of his time at Oakwood, as his duties permitted; the friendship of Herbert Hamilton doing much to remove the bitter feelings which often still possessed him.

He would at first have shunned the invitation, but vainly he strove to do so; for there was one fair object there who held him with an iron chain, which excited while bound him.