THE PROMPTINGS OF MISS WILDMERE'S HEART Graydon slept very late the following morning.

He found out that he was tired, and resolved to indulge his craving for rest so far as his suit to Miss Wildmere would permit.

When he could do nothing to promote his advantage he proposed to be indolence itself.

He found that his vexation had quite vanished, and, in cynical good-nature, he was inclined to laugh at the state of affairs.

"Let Madge indulge her whims," he thought; "I may be the more free to pursue my purposes.