He was lost many, many years ago; he has probably long been dead." "I should be the happiest girl in all the world if I could find my brother," here interrupted Jasmine; "I often dream of him at night; he must have been a darling little boy." "But if he were to come here twenty times," said Daisy, "I could never love him better than I love the Prince." There was quite a little buzz of admiration through the room when Daisy made this innocent little speech, and all eyes were turned on Arthur Noel.

Then there was a pause.

Mr.Ellsworthy was again heard to clear his throat, and no one seemed quite to know what to do next.
Suddenly Hannah Martin broke the spell-- "Goodness gracious me!" she said, "how long are the darling young ladies to be kept in suspense?
Miss Primrose, why, you have got a brother, and there he stands.

Mr.Arthur, come and kiss your sisters, my dear.

Oh, my darling, darling girls, it's perfectly, perfectly true; he's the boy your mother broke her heart about long ago." The confusion and agitation which followed can scarcely be described--the joy of the sisters can scarcely be painted.