So that question is settled.' I dismissed Mr.Vigors, sent for my carriage, that is, for Mr.Barker's yellow fly and his best horses,--and drove that very day to Kirby Hall, which, though not in this county, is only twenty-five miles distant.

I slept there that night.

By nine o'clock the next morning I had secured Mrs.Ashleigh's consent, on the promise to save her all trouble; came back, sent for the landlord, settled the rent, lease, agreement; engaged Forbes' vans to remove the furniture from Kirby Hall; told Forbes to begin with the beds.

When her own bed came, which was last night, Anne Ashleigh came too.

I have seen her this morning.