And these indiscreet words burst from her lips, almost without her own volition--"But the idea of the young Marquis of Arondelle marrying of you in downright earnest is beyond belief! It is, indeed!" "And what for nae ?" cried Rose, angrily.

"What for nae, wad he nae marry me, if he lo'ed me?
He wad na hae me without marritge ye suld ken." "No offence, my dear young madam.

None at all.

I was only astonished, that's all," said the housekeeper, deprecatingly, though she wondered and doubted whether all she heard and saw was truth.
"And, here! See here! Here is a letter I got frae him sune after the wedding.

Ye ken the Dooke o' Harewood was Markiss o' Arondelle time when he married me ?" "Yes, so it seems," said the housekeeper.
"Aweel then, see here.