The girl, now very charming and much admired, is, I happen to know, deeply in love with your son.

I have promised her that, if she will wait for him, I will bring him over in good time and act as your vicar at the wedding.

This, she and her mother are the more ready to do because of their superstition that God has clearly indicated him as the man who would bring her happiness and good fortune.

I find that many European women are apt to entertain and enjoy superstition and to believe in omens--not the only drop of old pagan blood that lingers in their veins.

I am sending, by this boat, some more books for Jack to read." The other letter was from Margaret Hare to the boy, in which she had said that they were glad to learn that he and Mr.Binkus were friends of Captain Preston and inclined to help him in his trouble.