I suppose there's nothing known as to who will live in this house, Miss Amedroz ?" "Nothing;--I should think." "Captain Aylmer won't keep it in his own hands ?" "I cannot tell in the least; but as he is obliged to live in London because of Parliament, and goes to Yorkshire always in the autumn, he can hardly want it." "I suppose not.

But it will be a sad loss,--a sad loss to have this house empty.

Ah!--I shall never forget her kindness to me.

Do you know, Miss Amedroz,"-- and as he told his little secret he became beautifully confidential;--"do you know, she always used to send me ten guineas at Christmas to help me along.

She understood, as well as any one, how hard it is for a gentleman to live on seventy pounds a year.