Do not be frightened at them." "I was not frightened," replied Mrs.Grey, more inclined to smile than to be offended at this earnest condolence.

"What troubled me was quite another thing." "Henrietta.

perhaps ?" with an uneasy glance up the staircase.

"But my dear, you must not mind Henrietta; she means well.

You don't know how busy she has been all the morning, arranging every thing.