Has he said any thing to you, dear ?" "No." "Not a word ?" "I don't know what you call a word; not a word of that kind." "I thought, perhaps--" "I think he meant it once--this morning." "I dare say he meant it.

And if he meant it this morning, he won't have forgotten his meaning to-morrow." "There's no reason why he should mean it, you know." "None in the least, Kate; is there ?" "Now you're laughing at me, Mary.

I never used to laugh at you when Harry was coming.

I was so glad, and I did every thing I could." "Yes, you went away and left us in the Botanical Gardens.

I remember.
But, you see, there are no Botanical Gardens here; and the poor man couldn't walk about if there were." "I wonder what Harry would say if it were to be so." "Of course he'd be glad--for your sake." "But he does so despise free-selectors! And then he used to think that Mr.Medlicot was quite as bad as the Brownbies.