Observing, at length, that her eyes constantly rested upon the monument, he spoke of that, praising its beauty, and asking if it were her taste.
"No," said she, "I never saw it until to-day, and did not even know it was here." "Some one wished to surprise you, I dare say," returned Mr.Stuart.
"It was manufactured in Boston, I see.

Have you friends there ?" Mary replied that she had one, a Mr.Bender, to which Mr.Stuart quickly rejoined, "Is it William Bender?
I have heard of him through our mutual friend George Moreland, whom you perhaps have seen." Mary felt the earnest gaze of the large, dark eyes which were fixed upon her face, and coloring deeply, she replied that they came from England in the same vessel.
"Indeed!" said Mr.Stuart.

"When I return to the city shall I refresh his memory a little with regard to you ?" "I'd rather you would not," answered Mary.

"Our paths in life are very different; and he of course would feel no interest in me." "Am I to conclude that you, too, feel no interest in him ?" returned Mr.Stuart, and again his large eyes rested on Mary's face, with a curious expression.
But she made no reply, and soon rising up, said it was time for her to go home.
"Allow me to accompany you as far as Mrs.Campbell's," said Mr.
Stuart.

"I am going to call upon Miss Ella, whose acquaintance I accidentally made last summer.