Were it known to Charles Douglas, he would have cherished it with a sanctity becoming him as one whose whole lifetime marked out the strait laid down by the great poet: "where one but goes abreast." But the hospitable host was in his gayest mood.

Everything contributed to make the reception a flattering one.

Fanny Trevelyan was at ease among the old friends of her deeply beloved brother.

Mary Douglas was in ecstacies of delight upon thus meeting Guy Trevelyan.

On several occasions she was deeply sad when referring to the troubles of Lady Rosamond, but seemed to feel hopeful in the return of Gerald Bereford's health and strength.