Mamma's sister married Mr.Merton.He was a planter in Barbadoes.

He died about three years ago, but his widow and daughters have lived on there.

They were very poor and couldn't afford to come home.

Fanny is the eldest--I think she must be about twenty." Diana paced up and down, with her hands behind her, wondering when her telegram would reach her cousin, who was staying at a London boarding-house, when she might be expected at Beechcote, how long she could be persuaded to stay--speculations, in fact, innumerable.

Her agitation was pathetic in Mrs.Colwood's eyes.