When he has had a month's change, let me see his letters; and then, if I have anything more to say, I will tell you what I think of your son." Left in this position, Mrs.Gallilee's hard self-denial yielded to the one sound conclusion that lay before her.

The only influence that could be now used over Ovid, with the smallest chance of success, was the influence of Carmina.

Three days after Teresa's departure, she invited her niece to take tea in her own boudoir.

Carmina found her reading.

"A charming book," she said, as she laid it down, "on a most interesting subject, Geographical Botany.