I need say no more, except this: Have no fears for the happiness of Your BIDDY.' From Colin in telegraphic conciseness: 'Tremendously happy.

She's absolutely my Ideal--in everything but size.' All very satisfactory and conclusive.

But--Mrs Gildea could not escape from a vague misgiving.

She was not afraid of the ghost of Mr Willoughby Maule: indeed, she argued favourably from the baldness of Bridget's letter in comparison with the reams of sentiment she had written upon the previous occasion.

Nor did she feel uneasy on the score of any others of Lady Bridget's bygone passions.