Mr.Maitland said you were to be kept quite quiet, you know, and you have fatigued yourself so much, you are trembling like an aspen." "My weakness must plead my excuse for my folly, dear nurse," answered Emmeline, striving by a smile to control two or three tears, which, spite of all resistance, would chase one another down her pale cheek.
"Do not mind me, I shall get well very soon.

And how long do you think it will be before you succeed in your wish ?" "Not for some time, my dear young lady, at present.

I have only my suspicions; I must watch cautiously, ere they can be confirmed.

I assure you, I am as anxious that poor young man's character should be cleared as you can be." A faint smile for a moment played round Emmeline's lips, as she pressed the good woman's hand, and said she was satisfied.

A little while longer she lingered, then rousing herself with a strong effort, she visited, as she had intended, two or three poor cottages, and forced herself to listen to and enter with apparent interest on those subjects most interesting to their inmates.