Florence declares that, were Sir Walter Scott still living, she intended to have made him take her for a heroine, her husband for a hero, and transport them some centuries back, to figure on that same romantic estate in some very exciting scenes." "Had he killed Cameron's first love and rendered him desperate, and made Florence some consoling spirit, to remove his despair, instead of making him so unromantically enabled to conquer his passion, because unreturned.

Why I could make as good a story as Sir Walter himself; if she will reward me liberally, I will set about it." "It will never do, Lord Delmont, it is much too common-place," said Mrs.
Percy Hamilton, smiling.

"It is a very improper question, I allow, but who was Sir Walter's first love ?" "Do you not know?
A certain friend of yours whom I torment, by declaring she is invulnerable to the little god's arrows," he answered, joyously.
"She may be invulnerable to Cupid, but certainly not to any other kind of love," remarked Lady St.Eval, as she smilingly pointed out to Mrs.
Percy's notice Miss Fortescue, surrounded by a group of children, and bearing on her expressive countenance unanswerable evidences of her interest in the happiness of all around her.
"And is it possible, after loving _her_ he could love another ?" she exclaimed, in unfeigned astonishment.
"Disagreeably unromantic, Louisa, is it not ?" said Lord Delmont, laughing heartily; "but what was the poor man to do?
Ellen was inexorable, and refused to bestow on him anything but her friendship." "Which he truly values," interrupted Lady St.Eval.

"You must allow, Louisa, he was wise, however free from romance; the character of Florence, in many points, very much resembles Ellen's.

She is one of the very few whom I do not wonder at his choosing, after what had passed.