"My own dear, you're not going to leave me!" The dumb misery in Sydney's face struck Linley with horror.

He placed Kitty in her mother's arms.

The child's piteous cry, "Oh, don't let her go! don't let her go!" followed the governess as she suffered her martyrdom, and went out.

Linley's heart ached; he watched her until she was lost to view.

"Gone!" he murmured to himself--"gone forever!" Mrs.Presty heard him, and answered him:--"She'll come back again!" SECOND BOOK.