"It is a comfort to me to think that I shall not so offend again." "I hope," she said, more anxiously, "that it will not injure you--that no one will know about it.

It was really too shocking.

Prison for a young man of your position! It was absurd." "I thought so myself, before I came out; it was absurd; but you will be comforted to know, Lady Amelie, that no one seems to have known of it but my mother, Lady Carruthers, and my lawyer, Mr.Forster.So far as the world is concerned, I am safe." The prince returned, looking slightly jealous, and then Basil amused himself, after a bitter fashion.

He watched Lady Amelie playing off all her airs, graces, and fascinations on the young prince, as she had played them upon him.

He was cured.