as she stood with her father at the gate of their little garden."] Then Henry Hatton made his heart speak words which no one could have doubted.

He was a natural orator, and he was moved by an impetuous longing, that feared nothing but its own defeat.

He told Lugur all that he had told himself, and the warmth and eagerness of his pleading touched the man deeply, though he did not interrupt him until he said, "I am going for a year's travel, and I want to marry Lucy, and take her with me." Then he asked, "Have you spoken to my daughter on the subject of marriage ?" "I want your permission in order to gain hers." "Does she know that you love her ?" "I have not told her so.

I ask that you take me now to your home that I may speak to her this hour." Lugur made no further remark, until they reached the schoolmaster's house.

Then he said, "There is a light, as you may see, in the right-hand room; Lucy is there.