"She says we must call this our town house, but that the Wood House must be our country house.

She wants us to be there ail the summer and autumn;" and here Elizabeth looked at Malcolm rather wistfully.
"And you think that arrangement would suit you ?" he asked with a smile; but he knew her answer before hand.
"Oh, I should love to be with Die;" she replied earnestly.

"Dear, do you mean that you will consent?
Think what it would mean to me.

I shall not be separated from Mr.Carlyon and my poor people; and I do so love the country; and we should have our winter and spring in town." "I think it will work excellently," returned Malcolm in a tone of such conviction that Elizabeth's doubts vanished.

"I can do my work as well at Staplegrove as here, and I love the country too.