"Oh!" she thought, bitterly, "how long I have lived in the world, and how little I have known of my own weakness and wickedness until to-day!" The door of the room opened.

Norah came in, as she had gone out, alone.
"Do you remember leaving anything on the little table by the garden-seat ?" she asked, quietly.
Before Miss Garth could answer the question, she held out her father's will and her father's letter.
"Magdalen came back after you went away," she said, "and found these last relics.

She heard Mr.Pendril say they were her legacy and mine.
When I went into the garden she was reading the letter.

There was no need for me to speak to her; our father had spoken to her from his grave.

See how she has listened to him!" She pointed to the letter.