'She has formed no other attachment ?' 'No, indeed,' replied his mother; 'you have, or I mistake, too strong a hold on her affections already.

What I would say,' resumed the old lady, stopping her son as he was about to speak, 'is this.

Before you stake your all on this chance; before you suffer yourself to be carried to the highest point of hope; reflect for a few moments, my dear child, on Rose's history, and consider what effect the knowledge of her doubtful birth may have on her decision: devoted as she is to us, with all the intensity of her noble mind, and with that perfect sacrifice of self which, in all matters, great or trifling, has always been her characteristic.' 'What do you mean ?' 'That I leave you to discover,' replied Mrs.Maylie.

'I must go back to her.

God bless you!' 'I shall see you again to-night ?' said the young man, eagerly.
'By and by,' replied the lady; 'when I leave Rose.' 'You will tell her I am here ?' said Harry.
'Of course,' replied Mrs.Maylie.
'And say how anxious I have been, and how much I have suffered, and how I long to see her.