Be comforted, my Emmeline,--do not weep thus.

Will you not trust me?
If you cannot love, you shall not marry." "But, my father--oh, mamma, will he too promise me this ?" "Yes, love; doubt him not," and a smile so cheering, so happy, was round Mrs.Hamilton's lips as she spoke, that Emmeline unconsciously felt relieved.

"We only wish our Emmeline's consent to an introduction to this estimable young man, who has so long and so faithfully loved her, and if still she is inexorable we must submit.

Could I send you from me without your free consent?
Could I part from you except for happiness ?" Emmeline threw her arms round her mother's neck.

In vain she struggled to ask who was the young man of whom her mother spoke.