Whenever he came they were together the greater part of the day; she taking him hither and thither to see all the sights that she thought would interest or please him; but they spoke very little to each other during all this companionship.

Miss Monro had much more to say to him.

She questioned him right and left whenever Ellinor was out of the room.

She learnt that the house at Ford Bank was splendidly furnished, and no money spared on the garden; that the eldest Miss Hanbury was very well married; that Brown had succeeded to Jones in the haberdasher's shop.

Then she hesitated a little before making her next inquiry: "I suppose Mr.Corbet never comes to the Parsonage now ?" "No, not he.