'Oh! Fredi ?' said he; 'admires her, no doubt; and so do I, so we all do; she's one of the nice girls; but as to Cupid's darts, she belongs to the cucumber family, and he shoots without fireing.

We shall do the mischief if we put an interdict.

Don't you remember the green days when obstacles were the friction to light that match ?' Their pretty nod of assent displayed the virgin pride of the remembrance: they dreamed of having once been exceedingly wilful; it refreshed their nipped natures; and dwelling on it, they forgot to press their suggestion.

Incidentally, he named the sum his Fredi would convey to her husband; with, as was calculable, the further amount his only child would inherit.

A curious effect was produced on them.